Manuscripts
Recollections of a Quartermaster
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- Description
- Memoirs of William G. LeDuc finished in February 1911. The narrative covers the childhood and youth in Ohio and Northern Mississippi, Kenyon College, travels in Kentucky, Tennessee, Boston (where he attended the trial of John W. Webster); his life in Minnesota, Civil War experience, and post-war career up through end of 1910, including his business interests in California and Mexico and connections with the Banning Company. The memoir ends with an account of LeDuc's spiritualist experiences.
- Production date
- 1911.
- Call number
- mssHM 20723
- Additional description
- According to the author's Preface, the memoirs was finished on February 6, 1911. Also included are: a reproduction of an ink drawing of the LeDuc family house in Wilkesville, Ohio; the coat of arms of the Somner (Sumner) family, and a piece entitled "Ancestors and Descendents of Col John. Sumner of Middletown, Conn." (pp. 1-IX).
