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    Ellison Lassell Crawford correspondence

    Manuscripts

    Crawford wrote these letters to his father James B. Crawford. In the letters Ellison Crawford describes his life in California. He includes descriptions of Sacramento, San Francisco as well as the mining camps Willow Creek, Spanish Diggings, and Spanish Bar. Crawford also talks about mining and the difficulties in finding gold, trying to attend church regularly, bad weather, selling supplies to his fellow miners, the Chinese mining near him, vigilance committee activity, murders, and crime in general.

    mssHM 68084-68105

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    Photographs. Monuments at Gettysburg

    Visual Materials

    An album of photographs of monuments on Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania. The photographs date from approximately 1883 to 1890 and most have the imprint of photographers J. L. Rile & Co. or W. H. Tipton. The majority are detail views of the stone monuments, with a few showing surroundings. Six of the mounted photographs were removed from the album and are housed in a separate box (Box 2).

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    Gettysburg National Park Commission. Photographs illustrating the work of the commission

    Visual Materials

    Ten volumes of photographs illustrating the development of Gettysburg National Military Park over the years 1893 to 1916. Photographs show work done under the direction of the federally-appointed Gettysburg National Park Commission, chaired by Colonel John P. Nicholson. Scenes include repairing of roads, stone walls, and fences; construction of new roads; general views of landscape features and terrain; and monuments and markers placed at significant battle locations. In some volumes, the images have handwritten captions. The albumen prints are approximately 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, mounted on board, and some later images have the imprint of photographer W. H. Tipton.

    photCL 302

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    Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg by Paul Philippoteaux : permanently located in Boston, Mass. on the Moody and Sankey Tabernacle Site, Tremont Street ... C.L. Willoughby, Sole Proprietor

    Rare Books

    Discusses the history and exhibit of the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg located in Boston, Mass. as well as details the events of Gettysburg on July 3d, 1863 including registers of troops involved in that day's battle

    294021

  • Experience of the 9th Mass. Battery at Gettysburg, Penn. July, 1863. Captain Bigelow commanding

    Experience of the 9th Mass. Battery at Gettysburg, Penn. July, 1863. Captain Bigelow commanding

    Visual Materials

    Image of five vignettes depicting a progression of battlefield scenes between the Union 9th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery and Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War; men on foot and mounted on horses are shown attacking, carrying wounded, around a cook fire, and leaving the battlefield; scenes are captioned, "Opening engagement," Retiring with prolonge," "Shelled out," "Position on the 3rd and 4th July," and "Leaving the field, July 5th."

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