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Humer family correspondence

Description: The correspondence of the extended Humer and Mowry families. The Civil War correspondence between Samuel Humer, and his then future wife Mary C. Mowry, discusses their feelings for each other, religious reflections, war news, the drafts, rogue officers in the regiment, and local and family news. Samuel Humer's letters also contain anxious inquiries about the country in the aftermath of Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, and teasing accounts of "young ladies," evidently of questionable reputation, who frequented the camp in North Carolina. Also included are three unsigned letters to Samuel Humer and Hamilton Mowry discussing Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, the Copperheads, and other political and military matters. Other correspondents include Mary's father John Mowry and her brother Hamilton Mowry, Samuel's brother Theodore F. Humer, private of Company A of the 160th Pennsylvania Infantry, (re-organized in October of 1862 as the 15th Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry), and other relatives and friends.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1863-1875
Call number: mssHM 68888-68941
Provenance: Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum, January 2005.
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: Humer, Mary C. Mowry. (1839-1921.); Humer, Samuel, (active 1863-1865.); Mowry, Hamilton,
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Humer family correspondence

Manuscripts

The correspondence of the extended Humer and Mowry families. The Civil War correspondence between Samuel Humer, and his then future wife Mary C. Mowry, discusses their feelings for each other, religious reflections, war news, the drafts, rogue officers in the regiment, and local and family news. Samuel Humer's letters also contain anxious inquiries about the country in the aftermath of Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, and teasing accounts of "young ladies," evidently of questionable reputation, who frequented the camp in North Carolina. Also included are three unsigned letters to Samuel Humer and Hamilton Mowry discussing Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania, the Copperheads, and other political and military matters. Other correspondents include Mary's father John Mowry and her brother Hamilton Mowry, Samuel's brother Theodore F. Humer, private of Company A of the 160th Pennsylvania Infantry, (re-organized in October of 1862 as the 15th Regiment of Pennsylvania Cavalry), and other relatives and friends.

mssHM 68888-68941

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Miller family correspondence

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The letters between Francis C. Miller and Agnes F. Voris, from 1861 October to 1865 October, document a budding romance between the two. His letters provide weekly updates on the war news and rumors, give very detailed accounts of the camp life and war experiences, personal feelings, religious reflections, and news about the fate of James C. Voris. The letters contain accounts of the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Gettysburg Campaign. In her letters to "Frank," Agnes describes her Presbyterian congregation, rather intense politicking in the community, and discusses war news, including General Robert E. Lee's invasion. There are two four-month gaps in the correspondence, from January to April of 1863 and 1864. The letters of James C. Voris, to his family, from 1854 to 1862, describe his time at school before the war, the minutia of camp life, his stay at the Mansion House Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and accounts of the military operations, especially the Battles of the South Mountain and Antietam. There is also some post-war family correspondence, including letters by the Millers to their daughter Kittie, from 1888 to 1900.

mssHM 68602-68684

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Sylvester Mowry letter

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Autograph letter written by Sylvester Mowry to "My dear Bicknell" (probably William or Edward J. Bicknell, friends of Mowry) while visiting Los Angeles. Mowry mentions that he is a guest of "Don Andres Pico" who had fought against Stephen Watts Kearny's invading army during the Mexican-American War. Mowry discusses Pico's agricultural successes, such as his orchards and vineyards, Pico's hospitality to him, Pico's home life at his ranch at the ex-Mission San Fernando, the effects of a recent major earthquake, and his forthcoming departure for San Francisco.

mssHM 83464

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Scenes and Characters in American History: Part One [1 of 2 volumes: Volume VI in bound set "Original MSS. Histories and Essays by John Fiske"]

Manuscripts

Contents: Charles Francis Adams; John Adams; John Quincy Adams; Samuel Adams; Henry Lee of Massachusetts, an article by Lee's son; Disasters of 1780; Benedict Arnold; Verrazano & Hudson; Penn's Holy Experiment; Thomas Jefferson; and Alexander Hamilton.

HM 18891 vol. 1

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Flinn Family Correspondence

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters written between various members of the Flinn family between 1847 and 1873. The majority of the letters are addressed to Samuel Flinn from his brothers, nieces, and nephews. Major topics covered in the correspondence include western expansion and travel, farming and agriculture, Michigan and Ohio state politics, national politics, land tenure and the settlement of estates, Ohio state banking laws, the practice of ophthalmology, religious revivals in Ohio, the Spiritual Knockers movement in New York state, emigration to California, and family relationships, including courtship and marriage, in New York, Michigan, and Ohio.

mssHM 79100-79165

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Judah P. Benjamin letter to John Sherman

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In this letter to the head of the House Ways and Means Committee, Judah Benjamin copies a letter from Sylvester Mowry, a member of the boundary commission in charge of surveying the California-Nevada boundary. Noting the "great value" of the Washoe and that the "people of the Washoe are very anxious to have the work done." Mowry asks that the funding for the survey be increased from $55,000 to 100,000.

mssHM 82445

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