Manuscripts

Walter Van Horn letter to "dear wife,"

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Description: In this letter to his wife, Walter Van Horn acknowledges receipt of her last letter, and comments on the domestic details therein. He expects to return home from the war in the following spring or summer, and includes other details of his war experiences, including learning "from good authority" that Mexico will soon accept the terms proposed by the United States.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1847, November 8.
Call number: mssHM 27994
Creator: Van Horn, Walter(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Shirley M. Lee, 1847, November 8.

Sir Walter Scott letter to "Dear Laidlaw,"

Manuscripts

In the letter Scott talks about greyhounds and a "Mr. Mathews." The letter is undated (the date is written as August 1822 in another hand).

mssHM 78390

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Christopher Ellery letter to "My Dear Wife,", incomplete

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A letter from Christopher Ellery to his wife, chiefly relating his religious sentiments and concerns about the family. The letter marked "Montego Bay."

mssHM 66137

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A. B. Chapman letter to "my dear wife,"

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Letter written by A.B. Chapman to his wife shortly after his arrival in Coronado, California. Chapman writes of the favorable comparison between rail and buggy travel, of his journey down the coast, and of his impressions of the Hotel del Coronado.

mssHM 73659

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I. Brearley letter to "my dear wife,"

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Letter from I. Brearley to his wife in Fullerton, California, written shortly after Brearley's arrival in Denver, Colorado. He writes of his ill health, describes the scenery of Denver, and alludes to the uncertainty of his finances.

mssHM 73693

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Letter from a gold miner to his wife

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This unattributed letter from a gold miner to his wife (addressed "My dear wife" and named "Julia" in the body of the letter) describes his experiences digging for gold in Sonora, California. He has succeeded in finding gold and hopes to soon be able to pay his debts. He saw an argument between two gamblers escalate into guns being drawn and shots fired, but neither was hit; rather, two unfortunate bystanders were killed. Signed "Robert." Dated 1850, May.

mssHM 4166

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Daniel Horn papers

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Letters from Daniel Horn to his wife Geles posted in various places in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Also, letters of Horn's comrades and the regimental chaplain informing Geles Horn of the death of her husband. The letters discuss camp life, payments, Horn's concern over his family back in Ohio, war news, the Union commanders, including Ulysses S. Grant, and his fellow Confederate soldiers. He also writes about several military operations including Fort Donelson, the siege of Vicksburg, Morgan's Ohio raid, and operations near Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia.

mssHM 49539-49610

Walter Van Horn letter to "dear wife,"

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