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U. S. Army Department of the Northwest records, (bulk 1861-1865)

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    Brock Collection: Records of North Carolina Infantry regiments

    Manuscripts

    Miscellaneous records of various North Carolina Infantry regiments. Included are commissions, muster rolls, pay accounts, provision returns, etc. Most records pertain to the 13th regiment, with individual pieces relating to the 1st, 4th, 14th, 16th, 38th, and 77th regiments

    mssBR Box 159

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    Brock Collection: Papers of Department of Virginia (United States Army), (bulk 1865-1867)

    Manuscripts

    Routine correspondence and documents (reports of inspections, inventories, orders, discharge papers, etc.) generated by the Department and its offices, particularly the District of Central Virginia and Sub-District of South Anna.

    mssBR Boxes 122-124

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    Brock Collection: Records of the Company F of the 21st Virginia Light Infantry Regiment and F Company Association, (bulk 1861-1877)

    Manuscripts

    Military records of the Company F of the 21st Regiment of Virginia Infantry: muster rolls, certificates of identity, passes, orders, letters, court martial records, and other regimental records, chiefly relating to transfers to another companies, leaves of absences, AWOL, etc.

    mssBR Box 139

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    Brock Collection: Miscellaneous papers of the U. S. Treasury Dept., (bulk 1791-1859)

    Manuscripts

    Collection of scattered letters and documents to and from various offices and officials of the Treasury Department: Secretaries of the Treasury, Registers, Comptollers, Auditors, Solicitors, Paymasters, the Land Office, Customs officers, and others. Included are individual items related to finances of the Revolutionary War and Early Republic, including pensions paid to the war veterans, and John Jacob Astor's "proposal for loaning monies to the United States," (1813), a group of documents and letters relative to Nathaniel Denby, U.S. Naval agent in Marseilles in 1845-1851, and correspondents and documents addressed to various customs collectors and internal revenues agents, predominantly in Virginia

    mssBR Box 202

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    Benjamin Franklin Scribner papers, (bulk 1861-1865)

    Manuscripts

    A collection of 1,100 items from 1838 to 1911, it consists of documents, letters, manuscripts, receipts, orders, muster rolls, and a diary. The collection includes documents detailing general and special field battles such as Buena Vista and Murfreesboro; returns; final statements of deceased soldiers; personnel records; circulars; duty rosters; requistions; and receipts for supplies. The collection includes a diary of Scribner's activities written during the Mexican War from 1846 to 1847 with some pages which were edited by another hand for publication. There are also a few documents relating to Scribner's Treasury work such as indentures and tobacco stamp reports. The collection also contains an 1838 childhood composition book of essays; letters written to Scribner's family; personal and business papers. Correspondents include: Absalom Baird, Don Carlos Buell, William Passmore Carlin, Speed S. Fry, James A. Garfield, Robert S. Granger, Ulysses S. Grant, Milo S. Hascall, Richard W. Johnson, John H. King, Alexander McDowell McCook, O.M. Mitchell, J.S. Negley, William S. Rosecrans, L.H. Rousseau, William T. Sherman, William S. Smith, J.C. Starkweather, and Thomas J. Wood.

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