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Louisa Russell Family letters
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2018-001
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of letters received by Louisa Russell (1841 - 1913) of Hooper, Town of Union, Broome County, New York between 1861 and 1866. Correspondents include her brother James Russell, cousins Carrie, Lydia, and Daniel Russell of St. Joseph County, Indiana, and cousins Sarah and Chester McKinney of Litchfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The collection also includes one letter written by Louisa Russell to her sister-in-law, Louisa Chauncey Russell, and two letters...
Dates:
1861 - 1866
Ingraham P. Smith papers
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2004-004
Abstract
The collection comprises two medical documents and forty-five letters written by Ingraham P. Smith (1844 - 1918), a resident of Middlefield, Otsego County, New York and a soldier in Company G, 121st New York Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. The 1861 - 1865 letters were penned to his mother and sister. A letter written by his brother Jerry, of the 51st New York Volunteer Infantry, is also included in the collection. This collection has been digitized and is accessible from the ...
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Francis M. and Henry H. Stone letters
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2004-005
Abstract
This collection contains twenty-one letters written by brothers Francis M. and Henry H. Stone during the Civil War. The brothers were from Lima, Livingston County, New York. The letters, from 1861 to 1864, are to their father, sister Alta, and brother-in-law George, and are full of rich details concerning their daily life, poor camp conditions, troop movements and battles, such as, Bull Run and Manassas. This collection has been digitized and is accessible from the ...
Dates:
1861 - 1864
Wasson Family papers
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2015-001
Abstract
The Wasson Family Papers collection contain correspondence, notes, memoranda, lists, diaries, translations, drafts, typescripts, proofs, government documents and illustrations related to the principal members of the Wasson family including most notably Thomas Campbell Wasson, Richard Gordon Wasson, and Valentina Pavlovna Wasson.
Dates:
1850 - 1987; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1987
Anna E. Wilcox Family letters
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2001-001
Abstract
This collection includes forty-five letters, primarily written to Anna E. Wilcox of Smyrna, Chenango County, New York by four of her male cousins while they were serving in the Civil War (William S. Pike, Emory Wilcox, Benjamin Leroy Pike, and John Pike). A small number of letters written from 1866 to 1868 are between other correspondents. The collection also includes several photographs of the authors. This collection has been digitized and is accessible from the ...
Dates:
1862 - 1868
John M. Young letters
Collection
Identifier: BUSC-2004-008
Abstract
The collection consists of forty-one letters and three other documents, mostly letters from John M. Young (1832 - 1864) of Elmira, Chemung County, New York, to his wife Rosetta Terwilliger Young during his service in the Civil War (Companies C and F, 14th Regiment, United States Infantry). Several letters were written by Rosetta, and additional letters were written between John and Rosetta Young and two of Rosetta's brothers, Charles and Wyatt Terwilliger, both of whom were also serving in...
Dates:
1862 - 1863