Manuscripts
Correspondence: Bowdish-Elliot
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Correspondence: Elliot-Various, fragments, ephemera, photographs
Manuscripts
Correspondence between Bell and his fiancee concerns only with their private life. A few letters written by other soldiers after Bell's death, depict hardships of a Civil War soldier's life.
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Correspondence: Bell
Manuscripts
Correspondence between Bell and his fiancee concerns only with their private life. A few letters written by other soldiers after Bell's death, depict hardships of a Civil War soldier's life.
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James Alvin Bell Papers
Manuscripts
This collection contains 135 letters written by James to Augusta during the period 1854-October, 1863, and 141 letters from Augusta to him. The content of their letters is limited to themselves and their limited social sphere. James' war letters provide little description of relevant conditions, but do afford his reactions to the hardships. Another soldier's letters to Augusta (24 in all) during the 1863-1865 period and 12 others written to her after the death of James portray the tragedy of the war. There are other miscellaneous letters, a few of Augusta and James' poems, seven photographs, and some fragments.
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection contains manuscripts of Horace Bell's published works, including On the old West Coast and twelve other stories. There is also family correspondence, including letters to his sister Caroline Bell Rush and other materials collected by Bell about early California. There is also an Abel Stearns deed and a manuscript about Junipero Serra.
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Correspondence and affidavit
Manuscripts
The collection contains manuscripts of Horace Bell's published works, including On the old West Coast and twelve other stories. There is also family correspondence, including letters to his sister Caroline Bell Rush and other materials collected by Bell about early California. There is also an Abel Stearns deed and a manuscript about Junipero Serra.
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James Alvin Bell papers addenda
Manuscripts
This small collection contains 14 letters between James Alvin Bell and Augusta Anna Hallock Elliott and two notes by Bell. Most of the correspondence in personal in nature and in them, Augusta talks about her personal life, her teaching job, etc. There are brief mentions of the Civil War. In one letter by Bell, dated 1862, Nov. 28, and written from Belle Plains, Virginia, he goes into more detail about life as a soldier, and talks about McClellan, Burnside, and President Lincoln. Many of Augusta's letters have poems and watercolors on them.
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