Williams, Josiah C., -1900

Scope and Contents These two folders contain typed letters and a travel narrative written by Josiah C. Williams. The first folder has letters and the narrative from the 1850-1862, and the second one has letters from 1863-1887.Josiah wrote about his second trip to the east. Among the things he left behind were "the Indiana Republican meetings where the bold friends of country and freedom turn out in their thousands." The journey ended at Poughkeepsie, which might have been the home of his grandfather....