Manuscripts
Letters and ephemera related to William Gannaway Brownlow, (bulk 1862)
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Montgomery Slaughter papers, (bulk 1862-1863)
Manuscripts
Letters and communications from Rufus King, Edwin Vose Sumner, and other Union military authorities received by Montgomery Slaughter during the Union occupation of Fredericksburg in Apr. - Dec. 1862 and letters about contributions made by various communities of the Confederate States to the citizens of Fredericksburg in Jan. - Mar. 1863.
mssHM 37813-37862
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Brock Collection: Papers of William Harvie Richardson, (bulk 1807-1862)
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Collection of miscellaneous papers and correspondence of William H. Richardson. The bulk of the collection consists of financial records -- bills, receipts, promissory notes, etc, including a few items that document sale of slaves. Also included are a few personal letters addressed to William H. Richardson that discuss political news, Washington Canal and Rhode Island State Lottery, bear hunting, and other subjects. Also included are a few documents issued by Richardson as Adjutant General of Virginia (1862), and a letter of his son, William H. Richardson, Jr. who served in the Confederate Army
mssBR Box 73 (2)
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Protheroes & Claxton letters to William Perrin
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Fifteen letters from the Bristol sugar merchants Protheroes & Claxton to the England-based plantation owner William P. Perrin Esq., updating him on the sale of sugars from his Jamaican estates, the passage of ships between the West Indies and Bristol, the state of the sugar market, the condition of crops, and other related matters. Also included are two documents: "William P. Perrin Esq in Account Current with Protheroes & Claxton..." (HM 82840) and "Sale of Sixty Hogsheads Sugar received of the Hercules..." (HM 82845).
mssHM 82837-82853
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William Given letter
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The letter addressed to a Colonel Baker describes Given's life in in Clarksville, Tenn. where his regiment was on duty, building bridges, forwarding supplies, etc. The letter discusses military life, the Battle of Fort Donelson (Tenn.), 1862, and Given's personal views about the war and the government
mssHM 63654
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Henry Edward Williams letters, (bulk 1862-1864)
Manuscripts
Letters of Henry Edward Williams of the 34th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from Virginia and West Virginia to his family. In his letters, Williams discusses military operations including the raid on Harrisburg in December 1863, skirmishes outside of Charleston, South Carolina, and encounters with guerrillas. He also mentions his time in Libby Prison and military hospitals, Confederate deserters and prisoners, as well as fugitive slaves. In a letter dated 1864 August 28, Williams expressed his unhappiness about having shared a hospital room with wounded African American soldiers. Also included is a 1914 letter setting up a foundation to benefit the estate of Colonel George D. Wells, one of the commanders of Williams' regiment who died in 1864 after being wounded in battle, other regiment information, and biographies and obituaries of Williams.
mssWilliamsh
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Calvin Gibbs Hutchinson papers, (bulk 1862-1864)
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Letters from Calvin G. Hutchinson to his wife Roxanna (1862-1864); letters to William W. Hill, assistant editor of the Boston Morning Journal, many of them intended for publication; a prize list (Jan. 1865) of the capture of the Stag, a Confederate steamer, official correspondence relating to Hutchinson's duties of the paymaster, his memoirs (1911-1912), and ephemera.
mssHM 41742-41749