Manuscripts

Samuel Roper papers

Description: The collection consists of various letters and documents. The letters discuss the Battle of Vicksburg, the Chattanooga Campaign, and Sherman's victory march to Washington D. C., along with family affairs. There are a few documents relating to Roper's military activities including his appointment as Captain signed by Richard Yates, governor of Illinois. There is also a receipt given to Roper for turning in 137 Confederate prisoners.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1862-1865
Call number: mssHM 31913-31980
Creator: Roper, Samuel (1839-1872)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of February 1955.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Yates, Richard, (1815-1873,)
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Samuel Roper papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of various letters and documents. The letters discuss the Battle of Vicksburg, the Chattanooga Campaign, and Sherman's victory march to Washington D. C., along with family affairs. There are a few documents relating to Roper's military activities including his appointment as Captain signed by Richard Yates, governor of Illinois. There is also a receipt given to Roper for turning in 137 Confederate prisoners.

mssHM 31913-31980

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Sparks family papers

Manuscripts

Letters from Michael R. Reed, William Sparks, and Clara Jane Cavitt to Minerva Sparks Reed; also documents relating to the Sparks family. Michael Reed's letters describe the regiment's march through Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, the minutia of camp life, and encounters with Union prisoners. He at length discusses conscription, substitutes, and desertions, and duly reported war news, often rather distorted (thus he reported rumors of a complete Confederate victory at Gettysburg and Vicksburg). William Sparks' letters were written during the siege of Vicksburg and blockade of Galveston. They contain information about camp life, diseases, (especially the outbreak of yellow fever), conscripts, Methodist preaching in Galveston, war news, and discussion of Confederate politics. The letters of Clara Jane Cavitt and other papers of the Sparks family document life in Texas in 1850-1860s, including charity and war efforts, reaction to the conscript law of April 1862, and discussion of war news. Typewritten transcripts are available.

mssSparks

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Samuel Hopkins papers

Manuscripts

Drafts of and notes for sermons, chiefly covering 1744 to 1756, with a few items that were written between 1796 and 1800. Also included is his commonplace book composed in the early 1740s.

mssHM 670

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Samuel Hopkins papers

Manuscripts

Drafts of and notes for sermons, chiefly covering 1744 to 1756, with a few items that were written between 1796 and 1800. Also included is his commonplace book composed in the early 1740s.

mssHM 670

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Samuel Loveman papers

Manuscripts

The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence and photographs that pertain to Loveman's friend and colleague, George Sterling (1869-1926). All of the manuscripts and letters in the collection were authored by Sterling and all of the letters were addressed to Samuel Loveman. The collection's photographs are all of George Sterling, and the majority of them date from 1913. Many letters discuss American writers and writing. Individuals discussed specifically within the collection include Ambrose Bierce, Nora May French, James Hopper, and Henry Anderson Lafler

mssHM 46222-46267

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Samuel Nichols papers

Manuscripts

The collection contains letters from Samuel Nichols to family discussing his 1849 overland journey and 1850 ocean voyage to San Francisco via Panama. There are also four letters from his wife, Sarah Ann Taylor Nichols. Among other family papers, there is a diary, from 1821 to 1822, and autobiography, 1821, by Benjamin Hodge, a relative of the Nichols family.

mssHM 48250-48298

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