Correspondence

Scope and Contents This collection includes a transcribed copy of a letter from Ben Keelor, Jr. in Chattanooga, Tennessee to A.F. Davis, on November 27, 1863, regarding the account of the battle of Missionary Ridge in which Captain William D. Sering was killed and the accound of his body being returned home. There is also a transcribed obituary for Sebring from January 1864.

Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, indentures, deeds, tax receipts, and other legal documents of the Brady family of Fountain and Warren counties in Indiana ranging from 1801 to 1890. The collection includes the appraisal and auction sale documents (written in French) regarding the personal effects of James Brady that were left with Senateur Babin in Iberville, Louisiana (December, 1801); receipts and legal documents of John Brady (1811-1845) and William Brady (1838-1889); correspondence...

Scope and Contents This collection includes 3 items: a letter dated November 2, 1940, from Mrs. R.H. McCletald; a daguerreotype of George Saylor; and a handwritten letter dated May 24, 1862 addressed to Robert Blakely, Esq., from George Saylor of the 15th Indiana Regiment, regarding preparation for the Siege of Corinth, and Indiana Governor O.P. Morton’s speech before the 15th Indiana Regiment at Corinth on May 23, 1862.The letter reportedly was written by Indiana Civil War soldier George Saylor on...

Scope and Contents The collection includes two letters sent by Welch to Jane Moulton of Cicero, New York in 1861 and 1862 from campsin Virginia and Tennessee. Welch describes saving a wounded man, daily life in camp, and the Fourth of July commemoration in 1862 in camp. Also included are envelopes and a newsclipping.

Scope and Contents This collection includes autographed, signed letters and business receipts from John Bryant, Sylvester Bryant and Elizabeth Bryant in Indiana ranging from 1862 to 1865 and undated regarding family matters and the Civil War.