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  • Subject is exactly "Conway, William Buchanan, 1845-1919"

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, congratulating him on his daughter's marriage and speculating on the outcome of the presidential race between Alton B. Parker and Theodore Roosevelt.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, thanking him for the birthday pin and especially the card, and telling Willie that his Christmas will be spent in Hanover with Catlett Fitzhugh's family.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his life and health in Philadelphia with his daughter Mary Wallace, and speculating on the state of the country post-Civil War.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, expressing Southern displeasure with "forced reconstruction" and the perceived negative effects of the "free negro."

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, reporting on the death of Sister Nellie on March 6, 1912 and noting that she was buried next to her husband Catlett and son Henry in Hanover County.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his health troubles and contesting some accounts of the Civil War that he read by relaying his own experiences and opinions.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his Thanksgiving in Philadelphia with family along with his opinions on the city and its institutions, and commenting further on his view of current histories of the Civil War.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, thanking him for sending a genealogy of the Conway family and sharing that the Daughters of the Confederacy have asked him to write a paper on a "war subject" to share at a meeting.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, describing his Christmas in Philadelphia, reflecting on the severity of past winters, and commenting on President Wilson and the hope that the United States will succeed despite German strength.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, reporting on the coming of spring and expressing surprise that Willie is making his annual trip to Blacksburg so early

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, sharing his thoughts about labor unions and the economy as well as defences of President Woodrow Wilson.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, discussing the possibility of a Conway family reunion and recounting a chapter meeting of UVA alumni at which he was a special guest of honor for being the oldest living member.

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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, recounting his visits with family members in Washington D. C. and Charlottesville.

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Letter from Mary Hayden Wallace to Mamie, expressing sorrow about "Uncle Willie's" death and indicating that her father will be much affected by the news, but they both had a positive outlook on life after death.
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