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Newspaper clipping, "The Humiliation of Virginia," The Public Ledger, Friday, December 15, 1876. The clipping is about the newly placed statue of former Supreme Court Justice John Marshall on the Capitol grounds of Richmond, with accompanying verse. The author's name is listed as Major Innis Randolph, it is actually James Innes Randolph. Randolph was a former Confederate army officer and lawyer, who later became an editorialist for the Baltimore American and wrote poetry.

Photographed portrait of Colonel James Gregory Hodges in Confederate Army uniform, undated.

Photograph of a framed Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Harrison Hodges, undated.

Photograph of a painted portrait of James Gregory Hodges prior to the Civil War.

Photograph of a framed oval portrait of Margaret Hodges Crocker, undated.

Newspaper article from The Evening Star, "In the Great Dismal: A Lamptonesque Description of a Swamp Exploration, "ca. 1894. The article which is about a geological survey that took place at the Dismal Swamp, was pasted to a family scrapbook (page 100-101), along a clipping of the poem "Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks" by Eugene Field.

Typewritten transcription of a biographical newspaper article on Colonel James Gregory Hodges who was killed at Gettysburg, July 14, 1863, undated.

Newspaper clipping of charges against William Henry Harrison Hodges and an account of the verdict, from General Orders No. 58, May 8, 1864. William Henry Harrison Hodges was a cashier of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth and was imprisoned for two years at Fort Monroe for refusing to surrender the bank's papers during the Union occupation of Portsmouth.

Article about Welsh poet Lewis Morris, written on June 17, 1893, which was pasted to a family scrapbook (page 99). The article contains the poem "The Orphan Girl of Lannion," written by Morris.

Article about the trend of wealthy American women marrying into foreign nobility, which was pasted to a family scrapbook (page 102).

Handwritten letter from William Henry Harrison Hodges to Mary Abigail Hodges, May 9, 1859.

Handwritten letter concerning the reason for the imprisonment of William Henry Harrison Hodges sent to his wife Mary, undated. William Henry Harrison Hodges was a cashier of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth and was imprisoned for two years at Fort Monroe for refusing to surrender the bank's papers during the Union occupation of Portsmouth. The envelope that held the letter is also included.

Handwritten letter from William Henry Harrison Hodges to Mary A. Hodges, April 24, 1864, describing life at Camp Hamilton Prison at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia.

Handwritten letter from William Henry Harrison Hodges to Mary A. Hodges, November 26, 1864, describing his return to Camp Hamilton.

Scripture verse card quoting "If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another," from 1 John 4:11. The back of the card is addressed to "Miss Hodges for lady like deportment, June 30th 1876."

Handwritten letter from William Henry Harrison Hodges to Mary A. Hodges, May 19, 1864, in which he tells his wife of his two year imprisonment sentence.

Friendship card undated, with raised paper decoration in the Front and a poem-verse inside the card. Card is enclosed in mylar for preservation purposes.

Postcard with the painting "Die Bussende Magdalena" (The Reading Magdalena), by German artist Karl Louis Preusser. The painting dates from 1885 and has New Testament figure Mary Magdalene reading a book balanced on a skull. On the back the postcard, indicates that it was printed by the Rotograph Company, New York City. The Rotograph Company was a well-known printer of postcards in the early 1900s.

Card with a floral design with a raised paper decorated envelope addressed to a "Mif Mary A. Griswold." The Front of the card is of raised paper design with a brightfully colored bouquet of flowers in the center. Inside ot the card has the verse: "No graces can your form improve, But all are lost unless you love; While that sweet passion you disdain. Your veil and beauty are in vain: In pity then prevent my fate, For after dying, all reprieve's too late." The back of the envelope the card came in has the year "1836" written in pencil (left side), which may be when the card dates from. The envelope has a stamp or sticker with a floral heart design with the words "From a Friend."

Card illustrated in golden motif, undated. The Front of the card has two golden birds which are used for decoration and to help open the card. The inside of the card is decorated in golden motif borders on the top and bottom in the center, and has a infant-child like figure wearing a dress with a blue collar and sash as well as blue stockings and shoes. The back of the card is in gold motif with a floral illustration in the center. It could be possible that this card is a birth announcement of a baby boy.