Manuscripts
Billington Crum Whiting Papers
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mssHM 54459-54508
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters written on Whiting's overland journey to California in 1849 and his life after his arrival. There are also memoirs written by his wife, Susan Helen Colegrove Whiting, who came to California via Panama in 1852. The collection also contains military papers related to Billington Crum Whiting's service in the New York militia (1834-39) as well as genealogical records and 8 photographs.
mssHM 54459-54508
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Henry White papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of six issues of Henry White's handwritten and illustrated newspaper, The Lichfield Monthly Gazette; or Newton Intelligencer (1804 to 1808). There are also 34 letters from Henry White to his friend, Elizabeth Parker of Newton Hall, Chester, England. The letters discuss White's personal activities and interests including book collecting, and life in Lichfield, England.
mssHM 38279-38318
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Henry White papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of six issues of Henry White's handwritten and illustrated newspaper, The Lichfield Monthly Gazette; or Newton Intelligencer (1804 to 1808). There are also 34 letters from Henry White to his friend, Elizabeth Parker of Newton Hall, Chester, England. The letters discuss White's personal activities and interests including book collecting, and life in Lichfield, England.
mssHM 38279-38318
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Daniel C. White diaries
Manuscripts
Three diaries kept by Daniel C. White between 1854 and 1864. The first diary, dated 1854-1858, traces White's overland journey from Indiana to California with his friend William V. Rinehart. It includes descriptions of Pawnee and Sioux Indians, crossing the Platte River, and passing by Chimney Rock, Laramie Peak, Devils Gate, and Salt Lake City. It also records White's time mining in and around Sacramento and Marysville, California, and includes some accounting notes, various poetry or song lyrics, and a description of a "hell of a flogging" that White gave to a "Chinaman" who he caught stealing. The second diary is dated 1858-1859, and records White's travels and mining experiences between Sucker Creek, Oregon, and Crescent City, California, as well as some poems and notes. The final diary, dated August-October, 1864, was kept while White was serving with the Union Army in Georgia during the Civil War. It begins while he was near the Chattahoochee River , and he also spends a great deal of time near Owl Rock Church. The diary describes various military engagements and movements, including those near Atlanta. The diary ends when White had apparently been discharged and was near Louisville.
mssHM 50564-50566
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Moses A. McCoid Papers
Manuscripts
The papers consist of 86 letters, the majority of which were written by Moses to his wife Helen. Three letters were written by Helen to Moses. The letters are organized chronologically. The pre-Civil War letters were written between 1859 and 1861 when McCoid was in Fairfield, Iowa reading law with James F. Wilson. In these letters, Moses is wooing Helen. He reminds her of the time they met and talks about their future together despite her parents being against the match. The Civil War letters cover the period of May 1861 to April 1864. These intensely emotional love letters are filled with the young man's longing for his "dear Helen," and his attachment to "our flag" and country. The letters discuss war news and politics, army life (rations, attending church services, conflicts with commanding officers, etc.) including a detailed account of the Battle of Shiloh and Moses' take on the Emancipation Proclamation. He also talks about his regiment, the 2nd Iowa Infantry Regiment (1861-1864), courts-martial, the siege of Vicksburg, G. T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, Ambrose Burnside, Grenville Dodge, John Charles Frémont, H. W. Halleck, William Hardee, Joseph Hooker, Abraham Lincoln, John A. Logan, Gideon Pillow, Samuel Sturgis, Libby Prison and war prisoners, and slavery. One of the letters includes a hand-drawn map of the Battle of Shiloh with a list of casualties from Co. E. Many letters were written on ornate patriotic stationery, some with illustrated envelopes as well. The post-war letters were written by McCoid when he was a member of the Iowa State Senate living in Des Moines and Washington, D. C. In these letters he talks about politics in Iowa and his dislike of being away from his wife and family.
mssHM 74211-74296
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San Francisco branch of the United States Mint records
Manuscripts
The collection consists of letters and documents related to the operations and activities of the San Francisco branch of the United States Mint. Included are instructions from Treasury Department officials in Washington, mainly for the period 1856 to 1875, and employment recommendations from various persons. Correspondents in the collection include George Sewall Boutwell, Benjamin Helm Bristow, William Eaton Chandler, Howell Cobb, Schuyler Colfax, Joseph N. Dolph, William Pitt Fessenden, Lyman Judson Gage, James Guthrie, Hugh McColloch, William Medill, Thomas Collier Platt, William Adams Richardson, Ellis Henry Roberts, Billington Crum Whiting, and Elisha Whittlesey.
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