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The Nashville True Whig, Nashville, Tenn
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
The voluminous correspondence, notebooks, affidavits, eyewitness testimonies, and published pamphlets of the family of Jonathan D. Hale contain a wealth of previously unknown information about the Civil War in Tennessee and Kentucky, including the organization of Unionist communities; womens contributions to the war effort; guerrilla warfare; the fate of Unionists' slaves; Reconstruction in East Tennessee and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan; and complicated and bitter politics of veterans' affairs in the wake of the Civil War. The letters, orders, reports, and communications written during Hale's services with General George H. Thomas (1816-1870) is a unique resource for historians of Civil War civilian scouts and guides, a topic that remains largely unexplored.
JDH 293
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of 36 single-item cataloged letters, 23 of which deal with the Judson Family, while the remaining 13 have to do with the Civil War. In addition, there are 5 letters, 5 bills and receipts, and 1 broadside that deal with the accidental death of Martin L. Fairbanks. The letters are primarily family correspondence in which affairs of the family as well as current events are discussed, including such topics as agriculture and economic conditions in California. Everitt Judson also writes about his ranch on the Kern River as well as about the cities of Placerville and Visalia. The letters pertaining to the Civil War discuss the Quartermaster Corps. in Memphis while J. Watts Judson worked there, religious practices in camp, peoples' political views about the government at the time, military chaplains, and briefly mention Abraham Lincoln.
HM 62806