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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

John S. Howell collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938651]
Identifier: 15
Scope and content Miscellaneous materials collected by John S. Howell: Eli Culver, U. S. bounty land grant, September 10, 1860; letter from Roswin Randall to hospital surgeon, Cortland, N.Y., August 17, 1834; letter from Gideon Blain, North Adrian, Michigan, March 13, 1844 to Nathaniel Bryant, Seneca County, Romulus, N.Y.; letter from S. Woodruff, New York City, January 21, 1845 to Leonard Hall; letter from F. Woodruff, Ithaca, N.Y., May 31, 1847, to brother, C. M. Pelton, Esq., Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; unsigned...
Dates: 1805-1889.

John Tuttle and Arvilla Raplee Andrews papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 88 - folder 1
Identifier: 3790
Abstract

Correspondence (1856-88) of John Andrews, Arvilla Raplee, friends, and relatives, including Civil War letters of Andrews. Also, military records, Civil War diaries, and other papers.

Dates: 1843-1982.

Judge Ferris Shoemaker papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065177705]
Identifier: 809
Scope and content

Correspondence and diaries relating to Shoemaker's service as a petty officer in the Marine Corps, attached to the U.S.S. Saranac on the Pacific Station during the Civil War; includes information on the French intervention in Mexico. Papers also relate to abolition, and Shoemaker's interpretation of public opinion on matters of politics and expansion.

Dates: 1861-1866.

Justin S. Morrill papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1146
Abstract

Correspondence, drafts of speeches, pamphlets and other printed material, mainly relating to the Civil War and Reconstruction, the status of freed blacks, the tariff and international trade, passage of the Land Grant College Act, and other public questions.

Dates: 1814-1937, 1982.

Kenyon and Stoddard families. Papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064919164]
Identifier: 2653
Scope and content

Letters to Vincent A. Kenyon, many concerning the 9th New York Heavy Artillery; documents concerning his Civil War service; family correspondence; cancelled checks; account books; clippings; photographs and badges. Also, correspondence of the Simeon Stoddard family, including letters to his wife, Ada Kenyon Stoddard, and other family members, discussing his illness and battles; family letters; account books; photographs; and a sewing kit made for Stoddard by his wife.

Dates: 1828-1915.

Kernan family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 772
Abstract

Letters, clippings, speeches, and miscellaneous items relating to the activities of the Kernan family of Utica. Also, included are genealogical records of the Hyde, Butler, Avery, and Clapp families.

Dates: 1776-1922.

LaRue family papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 642
Scope and content

Diplomas, certificate to teach school in Jefferson County, certificate to practice law in New York State, indentures, a discharge from the Union Army for Joseph H. Pearsall, and an agreement regarding the holding of land in Chenango County, New York.

Dates: 1795-1898

Le Van Merchant Burt family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2327
Abstract

Letters and documents relating to the Civil War, various business ventures, and political activities.

Dates: [ca. 1860-1924]

Legal documents - Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia

 Collection
Identifier: 4780
Abstract

Legal documents include wills, estate inventories, indentures and other land documents, summonses and other court documents, and accounts. Many relate to the ownership of slaves.

Dates: 1750-1879.

Lewis Huber account book

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064926755]
Identifier: 1541
Scope and content

Account book, possibly from a general store, 1834-1835, largely pasted over with news clippings, 1861-1877.

Dates: 1834-1875.