Green, John R., 152
Green, T. M., 208
Getty, George W., 152
Goss, John, 242
Hay, George, 9
Hayne, R. C., 23
Harrison, Wm. H., 30
Harrison, Randolph, 116
Hart, Nat, 32
Holiday, Lewis, 36
Harvie, Wm., 37
Huston, Gen., 54
Halcombe, Wm. H., 149
Hendren, John N., 152
Hubbard, J. R., 160
Harrison, Judge Geo. M., 218
Hanger, Hon. Marshall, 219
Invests money in public work, 84
Ingersoll, I. R., M. C., 1
Johnston, Frederick, 126
Johnson, Col. R. M., 32
Jay, John, 32, 35
Jackson, Pres., refuses to follow him, 87, 43
Jackson, party dines him in Richmond, 97
Judgeship declines, voted for, 68, 70
Jefferson, T., letters, 109
Kent, Mrs. Jos. F., why so named, 139
Knowledge leads to happiness, 142
Langhorne, M., 126
Languages, ancient and modern, improvements of, 143
Lee, Gen. G. W. C., 240
Lawyer, the fiddling, 59
Lawyer, the ablest in Va., 84
Leigh, B. W., 9, 97
Letters, old, 32, 39, 44, 48, 88, 99
Letters, of J. H. P. on 2nd term in Senate, 121
Letters, miscellaneous, 131
Letters, declines a 2nd Senatorial term, 127
Letters, from Rockbridge committee, 129
Letters, of advice to S. M. P. and J. L. P., 132, 139
Letters, on Earl of Derby, 284
Letters, Littlepage, Lewis, 35
Lewis, Charles H., 152
Lewis, Gen. S. H., 97
Lewis, Col. Wm. L., 59, 60
Lewis, James A., 145
Lewis, Major John, 42
Lewis, major Thos. Preston, 102
Lewis, John Benjamin, cadet, 51
Lewis, J. F., letter of, 237
Lewis, Mrs. Mary P., letter of, 242
Lewis, Col. John, 243
Lewis, Mrs. Mary Preston, letter of, 240
Lockridge, Alex, 50
Legislature dines, J. H. P., 97
Loyal, Mr., of Norfolk, 105
Log cabins of the West, 102
Lines to the memory of Mrs. Peyton, 268
List of Peytons in U. S. A., 275
Massie, Capt., 14, 36, 39, 45
Mosby, Charles L., 149
Minor, Prof. J. B., letter of, 234, 236
Manners, Ld. John, 73
McCue, John, 82, 130
McCue, John H., sketch of J. H. P., 23, 176
Military Schools, 25
Mayor of Staunton, J. H. P., 17, 31
Matthews, Sampson, 48
Murray, Mrs. Jas. B., 54
McDowell, Gov. Jas., 98
McDowell, Dr. James W., 154-5
Massie, Henry, 99
Meade, Bishop, 105
McElhany, Parson, 107
Mind, J. H. P. unimpaired, 17
McClintic, Wm., 41
Michie, Thomas J., on Peyton, 121, 109, 131, 119, 208, 215, 231
Mathematics, should be studied, 141
Moncure, Mrs. Wm., 133
Moncure, Judge R. C. L., 78, 208
Moore, Samuel McD., 68, 102
Madison, President James, 11
Madison, Wm. Strother, 7
Madison, Bishop, 7
Monroe, James, 11
Nicholas, Norborne, 37
Norfolk, visits, 105
Nelson, Dr. and Mrs., 107
Nominated for Senate, 83
National Whig Convention, 113
North mountain road case, 119
Oliver, M., 126
Originality, Mr. P's, 65
Old letter of J. L. P., 280
Patton, J. M., 134
Payne, Dr., 126
Porterfield, Gen. R., 9
Pleasants, John H., 96, 128
Potter, Ben, 46
Points, James, 144
Parrish, R. L., 240
Peyton, Val., Capt., killed, 28
Peyton, Valentine, 52
Peyton, Henry, 1
Peyton, List of Peytons in the Revolutionary army, 274
Peyton, Susan, M., 91, 132
Peyton, Mrs. S. M., her death, 34
Peyton, John, 1
Peyton, Jesse E., letter of, 240
Peyton, John Rowze, 2
Peyton, Rowze, letter of, 157
Peyton, John Lewis, 93, 143
Peyton, John Lewis, letter of, 150, 154
Peyton, John Lewis, letter to, 139
Peyton, John Lewis, speech, 216
Peyton, John Lewis, U.S. agent in Europe, 183
Peyton, John Lewis, letter of, 282, 284, 285
Peyton, Mrs., sketch of, 240
Peyton, Wm. Madison, 7, 126, 33, 55
Peyton, Wm. Madison, letter of, 155
Peyton, Gen., of Kentucky, anecdote, 276
Peyton, John Howe, 7, 9, 15, 16, 38, 51, 55, 67, 88, 71, 83, 127
Peyton, John Howe, death of, 157, 160
Peyton, John Howe, sketches of, 160, 168, 176, 192, 198
Peyton, John Howe, his portrait presented to Augusta Co., 201
Peyton, Robert L. Y., 148
Peyton, Townsend Dade, 148
Peyton, Col. Francis, 148
Peyton, Mrs. John H., 241
Peyton, Craven, letter to, 280
Preston, Wm., 14
Preston, Col. Wm. of Kentucky, 8
Preston, J. M., 45
Preston, John, letter of, 241
Preston, Thos. L., 136
Preston, John T. L., sketch of J. H. P., 160
Political sentiments of J. H. P., 85
Providence of God, 91
Pickpockets rob J. H. P., 135
Pocahontas visits, 47
Public meeting to receive J. H. P's portrait, 204
Pigeon-hole a, contents of, 273
Poem, on Lee, 285
Ranson, Capt. T. D., 204
Rives, Wm. C., 13
Rives, Alexander, letter of, 233
Roane, S. Judge, 37, 38
Retires from bar, J. H. P., 83
Robertson, Judge John, 144
Robinson, Anthony, 105
Religious topics, 59
Religious belief, J. H. P's, 65
Rush, Richard, Minister to England, 70
Radicals oppose him, 74
Roanoke, visits, 126
Rockbridge Committee to J. H. P., 128
Ruff, John, 130
Ritchie, Thomas, Jr., 128
Robbed by pickpockets, 135
Reading, a course of recommended by J. H. P., 149
Rieley, Judge, G. W., letter of, 237
Ruffner, Rev. W. H. (D. D.), letter of, 238
Senate course in, 12
Smeade, Rev. G. G., letter of, 238
Scott, R. E., 13, 32
Scott, R. Taylor, 240
Scott, Gen. Winfield, 54
Scott, Stuart, Lewis, 93
Stuart, A. H. H, 231, 121
Stuart, Charles A., 82
Stuart, Judge A., 47, 109, 110, 195
Staunton Spectator, editorial of, 223
Staunton Post, (newspaper) editorial, 219
Sketch of J. H. P., by Prof. J. T. L. Preston, 160
Stribling, Dr. F. T., 134
Speech, on the death of Roane J. H. P's, 37, 38
Staunton issues paper money, 31
Senex, anecdote by, 132
Sherrard, Jos. H., letter of, 232
Spencer, Mrs. T. R., 98
Sheffey, Dan'l, 9, 23
Sheffey, H. W. Judge, 120, 209
Sheffey, J. H. P. eloquence of, 209, 231
Stout, Judge Jno. W., letter of, 201
Stannard, Judge Robt., 116
Smith, J. W., 144
Smith, Rev. J. H., letter of, 220
Smith, Gen. F. H., 145
Sergeant, Judge Jno., 70
Speece, Dr. Conrad, 83
Shelby, Governor of Kentucky, 32
Stony Hill, 77
Sketch of J. H. P., 160
Sketch of J. H. P., 168
Sketch of J. H. P., 176
Tazewell, L. N., 9
Tucker, H., St. George Judge, 9, 133, 116, 180
Tucker, John Randolph, letter of, 217
Traveling in 1826, 30, 51
Thompson, L. P., 65
Thompson, Hon. G. W., sketch of J. H. P., 198
Taylor, Wm., M. C., 98
Taylor, George B., 126
Trials, how to meet them, J. H. P. on, 90
T . . ., by J. H. P., 125
Telfair, Mrs., 38, 133
Tapscott, Susan, 152
Tams, Wm. Purviance, 204
Thomas, C. B., letter of, 239
Van Buren, Martin, J. H. P. on, 115
Valentine, Ed., 106, 135
Virginia Female Institute, 10
Volunteers in the war of 1812, J. H. P., 28
Wirt, Wm. Hon., 9, 32, 227
Washington College Trustee of J. H. P., 10
West Point, letter from, 142, 51
Wilson, Rev. J. C., 134
Wined and dined, 97
Whig address, 160
Wren, M. B., lines in memory of Mrs. Peyton, 268
Woodville, J. L., 34, 138, 153
Waddell, Dr. A., 188
Waddell, L., 54, 139, 159
Waddell, Jos. A., Sketch of J. H. P., 187
Western Hospital, 11
Western trip in 1815, 32
Watts, Gen. E., 126
Webster, Daniel, 23, 183, 228
War of 1812, 27
Witcher, V., 13
Young, D. S., Sketch of J. H. P., 192
Young people encouraged by J. H. P., 179
Yost's Weekly, (newspaper,) editorial of, 226
* * * * *
Transcriber's note:
Page 42 "the kind attenins of Mrs. Massie and her family". "attenins"
has been replaced with "attendance". It could also be "attentions".
Page 55 "the third to George Mays, and John Brown.*" The original has
an asterisk here, but no footnote.
Page 74 original has a blank space "and said that these enthusiasts".
Page 98 footnote: "continued up and the time of Mr. Peyton's death".
Substituted "to" for "and".
Page 118 "able to get any than that which follows".Inserted "get any
'other'".
Page 156 "good deal a machinery to work ..." The "a" has been replaced
with "of".
Page 261 "which will afford 8 day"... Inserted '8 "hours a" day' as
implied.
Page 277 "Valentine, Book 4, p. 42?" The question mark denotes that a
number is obscured.
Page 296 missing word in index denoted as T . . .