Manuscripts
Richard J. Dobbins indenture with Murrell Dobbins
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Richard J. (Richard Jacob) Mohr letters to Martha Collier Mohr
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Letters that Richard Mohr wrote to his then fiancee Martha (Mattie) Collier. The letters are dated Oct. 3, 1861 (Point Girardeau, Mo); Feb. 13, 1862 (Bird's Point, Mo); Mar. 3, 1862 (Bird's Point, Mo); Mar. 18, 1862 (New Madrid, Mo); May 9, 1862 (Corinth, Miss); Aug. 12, 1862 (Clear Creek, Miss); Sept. 13, 1862; Dec. 3, 1862 (Tallahatchie River, Miss); and Dec. 17, 1864 (Savannah, Ga.). The long, detailed letters describe the war in Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee; the last letter describe Mohr's experience in the Savannah campaign.
mssHM 30506 (1-9)
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Richard J. (Richard Jacob) Mohr correspondence to Martha Collier Mohr
Manuscripts
There are 16, some incomplete, letters from Richard J. (Richard Jacob) Mohr to his fiancée Martha (Mattie) Collier, a school teacher. In these letters, Mohr describes his life in the United States Army, pines for home, and dreams about the future with Collier. He writes about camp life in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama, including trips to neighboring towns and encounters with the locals. He also touches on the business of running a field hospital, conversations with his patients, Confederate deserters, and discusses his commanding officers, including Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Frances Preston Blair, Jr., Peter Joseph Osterhaus, and James B. McPherson. Other topics include military news and political headlines.
mssHM 83600 (1-16)
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J.A. (James Alexander) McDougall letter to James Cochran Dobbin
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McDougall recommends Dr. Richard R. Ashe for the vacant position of Navy Agent for the city of San Francisco, California.
mssHM 21330
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Speech of Mr. Dobbin, of North Carolina, on the Oregon question : delivered in the House of Representatives, U.S., January 15, 1846
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2473
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George McKinley Murrell correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters written by George M. Murrell describing his overland journey in the spring of 1849 as far as Fort Kearny, Nebraska. Other topics discussed are river travel, life along the wagon trail, wagon train organization, and interactions with Native Americans. After his arrival in Sacramento, California, in September 1849, the letters deal with mining and business ventures in California Gold Rush country near Coloma. The collection also contains two photographs of Murrell, approximately 1860.
mssHM 36338-36403