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Conway Phelps Wing diary

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Description: The 38-page diary was kept by Conway Wing while pastor at the New School Synod Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama, from 1845 to 1848. In his entries, Wing details his ministry to and converting of free and enslaved African Americans, as well as national, state, and local news, including the growing difficulties between the North and South, Texas, and temperance.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1845-1848.
Call number: mssHM 84475
Creator: Wing, Conway P (1809-1889)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Carmen D. Valentino, December 2024.

Paul Conway account book

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In his manuscript account book, Paul Conway recorded the furniture items he had made and their prices. There are also some notes detailing Conway's living expenses and mentions of "Mr. Coxhead," probably cabinet maker Robert Coxhead of Bath. In vellum wallet binding with brass clasp.

mssHM 83995

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Diaries and ephemera

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The bulk of the collection consists of Phillips's correspondence with family and friends that covers his ministry in Ohio and California, his Civil War service, and his brief tenure as the president of Colorado Seminary. Phillips's letters and diaries discuss his ministry, religious revivals in Ohio, family affairs, temperance, political and war news, his journey to Colorado and life in Denver. The diaries also include drafts of sermons, orations, and literary compositions. The correspondence that covers the period of Phillips's service in California consists primarily of letters written to him by his friends and family in Ohio. Phillips's Civil War correspondence and diary provide detailed accounts of Phillips's war experience in Tennessee and Georgia, including the Chickamauga and Atlanta campaigns, religious revivals in the Union Army, news from home, religion in the South, and slavery. Also included is a small group of letters and documents of Phillips's son-in-law Cary W. Kauke, including letters from his friend, Frederick (Fritz) Nussbaum of the 107th Regiment of Ohio Infantry (1862-1863). The collection also contains some correspondence of Addison S. McClure, concerning supplying beef to the United States Army, and post-war letters discussing Ohio and national Republican politics.

mssHM 77128-77352

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John Coyle Civil War diary

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A diary kept by John Coyle while serving as an agent of the United States Christian Commission from July to October, 1864. Daily entries give detailed accounts of Coyle's ministry in Alexandria, Virginia, including hospitals, churches, schools, and prisons and his encounters with the patients, physicians, nurses, preachers, congregants, students, and inmates; the accounts of his ministry to soldiers wounded in the battles of the Overland campaign include African-American troops. Coyle met with many African-American preachers, including Leland Warring, a former slave turned preacher, the founder of Alexandria's "contraband school." Waring autographed the front flyleaf of the diary commemorating their meeting. Coyle's descriptions of the city hospitals include accounts of the L'Ouverture Hospital for African-American troops. The entries also describe some sightseeing, including a day trip to Mount Vernon. Reverend Coyle found service in the field less satisfying, as he was mostly engaged in distributing goods and newspapers, with very few opportunities to preach, but he did take the time to visit neighboring communities.

mssHM 83835

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Correspondence and documents

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mssHM 77128-77352

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Correspondence and documents

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mssHM 77128-77352

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mssHM 77128-77352

Conway Phelps Wing diary

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