Politics
Information about politics in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1873-03-29, Nashville Union and American; notes on Miss Van Lew’s reappointment as post master and the “discomfiture” to the politicians who had tried to have her removed. Petersburg paper reminds readers of her “faithful service” during the war
1873-07-31, Richmond Daily State Journal; Republicans meeting “in the former ward near Chimborazo.”
1873-10-29, Richmond Daily State Journal; letter to the paper critical of Van Lew’s behavior – she “rudely ordered me to leave her office and never come into it again
1873-12-08, Richmond Daily State Journal; false report that Miss Van Lew did not close the post office on Thanksgiving Day
1874-10-06, Richmond Dispatch; barbecue and public speaking at Cold Harbor – Governor Walker among others to speak
1875-11-18, Memphis (Tenn.) Daily Appeal; Republicans of Virginia are working to get Miss Van Lew replaced as postmaster of Richmond
1877-03-13, National Republican (Washington, DC); colored delegation from Richmond visits the President to urge Miss Van Lew’s reappointment as postmaster
1877-04-17, National Republican (Washington, DC); Miss Van Lew’s friends are determined not to let her “be ousted without a strong fight.” Colored delegation from Richmond visits the President who assures them that she will not be removed except for cause
1877-04-18, New York Tribune; “hardly a day passes” in which the President does not hear from someone in Richmond either for or against Miss Van Lew as postmaster–she apparently wrote a letter critical of the people of Richmond, Democrats use against her
1877-04-23, National Republican (Washington, DC); Miss Van Lew is meeting with the President to defend her position

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