Manuscripts
Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Ephemera
- Description
- This small collection chiefly contains correspondence between lawyer John Alexander Wills and his wife, Charlotte Le Moyne Wills, before and during the American Civil War, and a few letters between Charlotte Le Moyne Wills and her daughter, Madeline Francis Wills. In addition, there are several manuscripts pertaining to the French history in Gallipolis and Gallia County, Ohio. Ephemera includes newspaper clippings and a drawing of the plan purchase by the Ohio Company and Scioto Land Company.
- Production date
- 1750-1912.
- Call number
- mssHM 80151-80181
- Provenance
- Gift of Etienne Noir, April 25, 1941.
- Associated people
- Bureau, John Peter Romaine.
- Newsome, Lewis.
