1 |
Abner Peck Spencer |
Report from Sackets Harbor during War of 1812 |
Henry Grindage |
Historical
|
1813-05-17
|
2 |
Abraham Bercaw |
Democrat in Whiggish country |
Alfred Peck Edgerton |
Historical
|
1846-07-20
|
3 |
Adelia Wheat |
Family letter |
Almiron Wheat |
Genealogical
|
1863-04-06
|
4 |
Adriana Callow Relay |
Widow writes to daughter of hard times in Poughkeepsie |
Harriet Relay Tucker |
Genealogical
|
1839-10-15
|
5 |
Alexander Bowman Chandler |
Destruction around Rapidan and Rappahannock |
Mary Ann Bowman Chandler |
Civil War
|
1863-11-12
|
6 |
Alexander Contee Hanson, Sr. |
Chancellor of Maryland Alexander Hanson writes to Brig Gen John Kilty "they will not quietly submit to direct taxation" |
John Kilty |
Historical
|
1796-09-07
|
7 |
Alexander McNeil |
Remarkable description of fighting around cornfield at Antietam |
Hobart V. Whelton |
Civil War
|
1862-09-21
|
8 |
Alexander "Sandy" Thompson |
Dry Tortugas Lighthouse keeper; former ship commander in Mexican Navy |
Friend |
Historical
|
1834-05-10
|
9 |
Alonzo Ringer |
Let the war continue rather than elect Lil' Mac |
Phebe Ringer |
Civil War
|
1864-11-05
|
10 |
Amanda S. Penly |
Sisters writing of good times back home on the farm |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-01-02
|
11 |
Amanda S. Penly |
Seeing prisoners on the home front |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-03-19
|
12 |
Amanda S. Penly |
Life at home on the farm |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1864-10-04
|
13 |
Amanda S. Penly |
Sherman’s troops were agoing to Alexandria and Father is under him |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-05-28
|
14 |
Amos Gilman Bartlett |
Son writes to Father about family matters problems in France |
Ezra Bartlett |
Genealogical
|
1835-02-21
|
15 |
Amzi Alexander Hawn |
Soldier writes home about poor health |
Mary M Yoder Hawn |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1863-02-24
|
16 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
North Carolina Senator writes to Father In Law about whiskey |
Reuben Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1877-10-29
|
17 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
Former Confederate Officer writes future wife |
Margaret Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1869-06-27
|
18 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
North Carolina senator writes his Father In law |
Reuben Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1870-10-30
|
19 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
North Carolina senator writes Uncle |
Hugh Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1870-10-31
|
20 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
North Carolina senator writes Father In Law |
Reuben Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1870-11-21
|
21 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
Senator from North Carolina writes Father In Law |
Reuben Reynolds |
Historical
|
1871-03-16
|
22 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
Senator writes to debtor |
J. H. Best |
Genealogical
|
1872-02-10
|
23 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
North Carolina senator writes his uncle, Hugh Reynolds |
Hugh Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1873-02-16
|
24 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
Andrew Carson Cowles writes to his future wife Maggie Reynolds |
Margaret Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1869-11-15
|
25 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
Andrew Carson Cowles writes his future wife Maggie Reynolds |
Margaret Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1869-07-04
|
26 |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
Letter to future brother-in-law about slave matters and love life |
William H Samford |
Slavery
|
1855-12-13
|
27 |
Andrew Oliver |
Andrew Oliver asks Jedediah Foster to assist him in pricing a tract of land |
Jedediah Foster |
Historical
|
1773-06-06
|
28 |
Anna Maria Hayward |
Hurricane hits Apalachicola |
Elizabeth Austin Hayward Chamberlaine |
Genealogical
|
1852-10-25
|
29 |
Ann Cameron |
Wife writes to her Confederate husband |
Allen Cameron |
Civil War
|
1862-10-12
|
30 |
Ann Cameron |
Wife writes to husband in confederate army |
Allen Cameron |
Civil War
|
1862-07-27
|
31 |
Ann Cameron |
Wife writes to husband about her difficulty with their slaves |
Allen Cameron |
Slavery
|
1863-03-02
|
32 |
Ann Clark Thruston Farrar |
Complains how progress is changing Louisville |
John Benjamin O' Fallon |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1835-11-27
|
33 |
Anthony Theunis Dey |
Letter from one brother to another about breeding horses |
Pierson Dey |
Genealogical
|
1821-06-23
|
34 |
Atwilda Rose Andrews |
Young girl with crush writing soldier about Sleighing |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-03-12
|
35 |
Atwilda Rose Andrews |
I suppose it will be hard for the soldiers to settle down |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-05-21
|
36 |
Atwilda Rose Andrews |
Rejoice Lee's Army is Captured but now the great woe that our president is dead. Our VP is a drunk. |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-04-16
|
37 |
Augusta Cameron |
Slave boy killed, consumed by fire, hogs, & buzzards. Overseer's house burned |
Allan Cameran |
Slavery
|
1855-03-16
|
38 |
A. W. Sanborn |
Brief letter to Elmer Bragg's Step-Father |
William S. Carter |
Genealogical
|
1861-12-09
|
39 |
Benjamin Bakewell |
Traveling between France and England shorty after Treaty of Amiens |
Euphemia Gifford |
Historical
|
1802-05-11
|
40 |
Benjamin Bangs |
Communication to a father about his sailor son's death aboard ship |
Nathaniel Pillsbury |
Historical
|
1842-03-29
|
41 |
Benjamin Boyd |
Purchasing of anchors |
Nathaniel Cushing |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1801-07-02
|
42 |
Benjamin Field |
Nurse writes shortly after Battle of Stones River about his duties |
David |
Civil War
|
1863-02-19
|
43 |
Benjamin Waring |
Wanting to buy young slaves |
Timothy Green |
Historical
|
1795-01-20
|
44 |
Bennet Munro |
Ship letter from Havana to wife |
Sarah Munro |
Genealogical
|
1804-04-10
|
45 |
Bettie Kennedy |
Cousin writes to Margaret Reynolds about the death of her daughter Carrie Bell |
Margaret Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1890-01-27
|
46 |
Blakely Sharpless |
Writes to future wife about Yellow Fever and how buzzing mosquitoes are annoying him |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1819-07-01
|
47 |
Blakely Sharpless |
In less than 36 hours Yellow Fever takes both parents |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1819-08-01
|
48 |
Blakely Sharpless |
Suggesting future wife should return to town as epidemic is abating |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1820-09-20
|
49 |
Blakely Sharpless |
To future wife about Yellow Fever epidemic |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1820-09-06
|
50 |
Blakely Sharpless |
Letter to wife about brother’s tragic death |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1824-08-28
|
51 |
Bryant Burwell |
Buffalo Dr. writes wife about trip to Philadelphia for extended education |
Ann Clark Burwell |
Historical
|
1827-11-07
|
52 |
Calvin Tilden |
Politics, fire, and legal matters |
Theodore Cobb |
Historical
|
1829-03-17
|
53 |
Captain John Moulton |
War between France and Britain causing shipping to stagnate |
Sally Webber Moulton |
Historical
|
1803-07-03
|
54 |
Captain John Ritchie |
Ritchie reports on fighting between French and British fleets |
Samuel Burleigh |
Historical
|
1779-08-17
|
55 |
Catharine Peet Bostwick |
Discusses sinking of the steamship Lexington |
Mrs. John Howard |
Historical
|
1840-01-18
|
56 |
Charles Albert Fiske |
Description Battle of Bull Run |
C. A. Locke |
Civil War
|
1861-07-29
|
57 |
Charles Babcock Noyes |
Future victim of steamer “Lexington” explosion writes his older brother |
Henry Noyes |
Historical
|
1832-01-05
|
58 |
Charles Biddle, Jr. |
Charles Biddle accuses VP Martin Van Buren of blocking his appointment to an office by President Jackson |
Vice President Martin Van Buren |
Historical
|
1834-08-10
|
59 |
Charles Carroll Bayard |
Describes diver in 1843 salvaging machinery from sunken USS Missouri |
Richard Henry Bayard |
Historical
|
1843-12-21
|
60 |
Charles K. Crumit |
Vivid five month summary of the 53rd Ohio’s experiences at the Battles of Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Corinth, and the grim Shiloh. |
Cousin Eliza |
Civil War
|
1862-07-30
|
61 |
Charles Lawrence |
Son's short letter to Father as he begins voyage |
Abel Lawrence |
Genealogical
|
1819-02-01
|
62 |
Charles Morfoot |
Description of woman searching for her prsioner husband; soldiers stealing food |
Elizabeth Morfoot |
Civil War
|
1863-08-26
|
63 |
Charles Morfoot |
Letter to wife from Alabama about troops gathering against Gen. Bragg; camp life |
Elizabeth Morfoot |
Civil War
|
1863-11-20
|
64 |
Charles Morfoot |
Soldier writes home of battle, casuaties, hogs eating the dead |
Elizabeth Morfoot |
Civil War
|
1862-10-12
|
65 |
Charles Morfoot |
Rebs and Yanks who know one another talk and shoot at each other during battle |
Elizabeth Morfoot |
Civil War
|
1863-07-11
|
66 |
Charles Perry Goodrich |
Calvary officer describes battle to wife as it happens |
Frances D. Goodrich |
Civil War
|
1864-06-02
|
67 |
Charles Sylvester Smith |
Camp life Gen. Averrell's raid on Kelly's Ford |
Betsey Tibbets Smith |
Civil War
|
1863-03-21
|
68 |
Charlotte Walker Rowlett McKinney |
Kentucky woman asks her father for slaves |
Matthew Jouet Rowlett |
Slavery
|
1844-05-04
|
69 |
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng |
Deposition of John Quincy Adams just prior to controversial election by House |
William D Lewis |
Historical
|
1825-01-22
|
70 |
Clark Swett Edwards |
General writes his wife |
Maria Antionette Mason Edwards |
Civil War
|
1863-01-26
|
71 |
Clement S Dunning |
Letter to sister about slave children |
Abigail Dunning |
Slavery
|
1865-01-26
|
72 |
Colonel Robert Orr |
Colonel River Orr asks about missing man |
Dr. Hector Orr |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1806-01-23
|
73 |
Cyrus Adams |
Liberty Party is growing |
Thomas Rider Kingsbury |
Historical
|
1846-09-19
|
74 |
Dana Hubbard |
West Virginia pioneer describes mob killing of abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy |
Chester Hubbard |
Slavery
|
1837-12-20
|
75 |
Dandridge Claiborne Freeman |
Texas attorney with possible connections to Sam Houston writes home to wife |
M. A. Freeman |
Genealogical
|
1855-06-24
|
76 |
Daniel D. Tompkins |
N.Y. Governor suggests protocol to Acting Superintendent of West Point |
Alden Partridge |
Historical
|
1814-09-24
|
77 |
Daniel Edward Ravenel |
Young man writes home after being bled and dies shortly afterwards |
Daniel Ravenel Jr. |
Historical
|
1833-07-15
|
78 |
Daniel Kendig |
Teaching, Meeting President Polk, James Buchanan |
G. E. Wilson |
Historical
Political
|
1845-12-22
|
79 |
David B. Taylor |
Family letter |
Sarah Taylor |
Genealogical
|
1838-08-09
|
80 |
David Offley |
David Offley to sister about his plans if there is peace with England |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1814-02-24
|
81 |
David Offley |
Brutal capture of Ipsara [Psara ] by the Turks, women and children made slaves |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1824-10-14
|
82 |
David Offley |
David Offley writes of growing old and Smyrna |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1829-08-09
|
83 |
David Offley |
David Offley sailing for Cadiz with marriage on the rocks |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1813-12-16
|
84 |
David Offley |
David Offley captured by Danish privateers |
Mary Offley |
Historical
|
1810-07-17
|
85 |
David Redman Burbank |
Brother tells brother his son is alive and has not been killed by Indians |
Silas Burbank |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1850-03-11
|
86 |
David Robinson Preston |
Travel letter to Tallahassee |
Robert Robinson Preston |
Historical
|
1842-01-20
|
87 |
Dr. Hall Jackson |
Famous physician inoculates young family for small pox after it takes the Father |
Major William Weeks |
Historical
|
1795-06-09
|
88 |
Dr. Henry H Steiner |
Fort Wacassasa Fl: Buys son a mulatto boy, George |
Rev Alfred Holmead |
Seminole Indian Wars
Slavery
|
1842-12-09
|
89 |
Dr. Norman Lyman |
Very poignant letter of tuberculosis taking two daughters |
Rev Orange Lyman |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1841-06-20
|
90 |
Earl Wheeler |
Small pox break out |
William Jessup |
Historical
|
1844-08-26
|
91 |
Ebenezer Jackson |
Father writes daughter of sale of slaves |
Mary Selina Jackson |
Slavery
|
1828-02-07
|
92 |
Edmund Kimball |
Major shipping objective to find ports with low fees; suggests Ireland and Portugal |
Captain John Moulton |
Historical
|
1803-06-28
|
93 |
Edward Blair Watkinson |
Two Irish immigrant children travelling alone being taken care of by Edward Blair Watkinson |
Samuel Thompson Nephews Company |
Historical
|
1855-09-15
|
94 |
Edward Everett |
Gettysburg orator, Edward Everett, on his daughter's death; a signed memoir |
Mister Gordon |
Historical
|
1843-11-04
|
95 |
Edward Leroy Lemert |
Three of four brothers die during civil war |
Jasper S. Ross |
Civil War
|
1864-01-12
|
96 |
Edward Robert Cassatt |
State Senator writes to Father mentioning Railroad through Wabash Indiana |
Jacob Cassett |
Diseases/epidemics
Genealogical
Historical
|
1852-09-08
|
97 |
Edward Shepard Jr. |
Great letter about Cholera epidemic of 1832 & details of mercantile business |
Edward Shepard Sr. |
Historical
|
1832-08-08
|
98 |
Edwin McMasters Stanton |
Lincoln's Sec. of War offers his opinion of San Francisco & Chinese immigration |
J P Gazzami |
Historical
|
1858-04-18
|
99 |
E. H. Baines |
Virginia slave owner complains about the abuse of his slave |
John Fitzgerald |
Slavery
|
1852-08-10
|
100 |
Eleazer Wallis |
Mentions Robbery of Suffolk Bank and Chilean Convicts taking over the ship Florida |
Ezekiel Webber |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1852-04-06
|
101 |
Elijah Howard |
As mourning period for first wife ends, man writes love letter to future wife |
Fidelia Williams |
Genealogical
|
1819-06-11
|
102 |
Elizabeth Baldwin Titus |
Letter to family and asking for yarn |
Hannah Baldwin |
Genealogical
|
1792-05-06
|
103 |
Elizabeth F. Woodson Moss Ashley |
Mrs. Ashley writes about family and much about health resorts of Kentucky |
James Tower Sweringen |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1847-08-10
|
104 |
Elizabeth Langhorne Leitch |
Discussion of the duel in which Whig editor John Hampden Pleasants was killed |
Anne Anderson Langhorne |
Historical
|
1846-02-28
|
105 |
Elizabeth Nason Walworth |
Travel, abolitionists, meeting Indians on the way to Washington to sign treaty |
Martha M Guild |
Historical
|
1837-10-30
|
106 |
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody |
Famed educator talking about introducing kindergarten to U. S. |
Elizabeth |
Historical
|
1871-11-05
|
107 |
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody |
Famed woman educator intimidated by presenting suggestions to male educators |
Mr Benedict |
Historical
|
1851
|
108 |
Eliza Cushing |
Eliza and Elijah Cushing write of their boat and stage travels in 1835 |
Theodore Cobb |
Historical
|
1835-05-29
|
109 |
Eliza Davis Penly |
Mother reads son still in battlefield |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1864-09-11
|
110 |
Eliza Davis Penly |
Mother adds note about the surrender of Lee to Grant and then the death of Lincoln |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-04-23
|
111 |
Eliza Davis Penly |
Mother's advice: get Ellen to hunt you up a factory girl |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1864-12-18
|
112 |
Eliza Davis Penly |
The last battle frightened the selectmen has offered to pay four hundred to the drafted man |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-02-20
|
113 |
Eliza Herndon Maury |
Eleven year old niece of Rev. James Maury writes him about about her family |
James Maury |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1805-02-19
|
114 |
Ellen Nellie Penly |
I am very proud of my brother |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1864-11-20
|
115 |
Ellen Nellie Penly |
Soldiers going to Canada to avoid draft |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1864-10-02
|
116 |
Ellen Nellie Penly |
I hope Father Abraham will keep his seat for the next four years |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1864-09-18
|
117 |
Elmer Bragg |
Soldier describes role in the battle of Fredericksburg; later KIA Spotsylvania |
Ruth Bragg |
Civil War
|
1862-12-28
|
118 |
Emert A. Parker |
Pension Office employee describes Washington D.C. immediately after Lincoln assassination |
Harriet S. Parker |
Civil War
Historical
|
1865-04-17
|
119 |
Emily Orissa Chase |
Signs of the war ending, President dead |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-05-03
|
120 |
Emmet Irwin |
Graphic scenes around Malvern Hill |
James G. Irwin |
Civil War
|
1862-08-07
|
121 |
Emory Cargill |
Diary of teenage boy in last few months before his death from consumption |
Emory Cargill |
Genealogical
|
1854
|
122 |
Enoch Long Colby |
Young physician's businesslike marriage proposal to future wife |
Sarah Maria Porter |
Genealogical
|
1836-09-12
|
123 |
Eseck G. Wilber |
Marching towards Battle of Gettysburg from soldier who dies a POW Andersonville |
Parents (Wilber) |
Civil War
|
1863-06-21
|
124 |
Ethelinde Latting Deall |
Letter to brother about her move to Burlington |
Charles Latting |
Genealogical
|
1838-12-20
|
125 |
Eugene Hartford |
Sailor writes short letter to his father from New Orleans |
James Hartford |
Civil War
|
1863-05-08
|
126 |
Eugene Hartford |
Sailor describes naval attack & death of his sister in a letter from New Orleans |
James Hartford |
Civil War
|
1862-06-22
|
127 |
Ezra O. Sawyer |
Letter from William Vanauken's sisters and brother-in-law |
William E. Vanauken |
Civil War
|
1863-10-25
|
128 |
Forbes Britton |
Detailed description of bottom of the mouth of the Suwanee River |
Nathaniel Lynde Griswold |
Historical
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1840-01-15
|
129 |
Frances T. Collins |
Mother writes to son in Elmira Prison |
Richard Collins |
Civil War
|
1864-11-13
|
130 |
Frances T. Collins |
Mother writes to her POW son in Elmira Prison |
Robert Collins |
Civil War
|
1864-09-08
|
131 |
Frances T. Collins |
Mother writes to son in Elmira Prison |
Robert Collins |
Civil War
|
1865-02-08
|
132 |
Francis Henry Brown |
Dr. writes about Fair Oak wounded & oustanding description of Capitol and Congress |
Margaret Doggett Eaton Wyman |
Civil War
|
1862-06-16
|
133 |
Francis Henry Brown |
Wife writes that getting rid of slavery not such a good idea |
Charles F. Wyman |
Civil War
|
1862-07-11
|
134 |
Francis H. Lincoln |
Describes skirmishes with the Confederates |
Isaac H. Lutz |
Civil War
|
1863-11-16
|
135 |
Francis Holmes |
1751 letter from a nephew to Ebenezer Holmes of Charles Town, South Carolina |
Ebenezer Holmes |
Colonial
|
1751-09-21
|
136 |
Francis Rufus Bigelow |
Brother hails vessel to write letter to brother |
Andrew Bigelow |
Genealogical
|
1819-08-16
|
137 |
Franklin Allen Whitney |
Private from the 36th Illinois writes home to his father about a skirmish |
James Harvey Whitney |
Civil War
|
1864-06-20
|
138 |
Frederick Bosworth |
Before his death at Manassas Gap, Freddie writes his little sister Ella |
Ella Bosworth |
Civil War
|
1863-02-01
|
139 |
Gabriel Allen |
Rhode Island politics |
William Barton |
Historical
|
1816-04-19
|
140 |
Gabriel Allen |
Letter to imprisoned Gen Barton over politics & 1814 invasion |
William Barton |
Historical
|
1814-07-21
|
141 |
Gabriel Allen |
Rhode Island's preparedness for war; Peace Party; Henry Letters |
William Barton |
Historical
|
1813-04-19
|
142 |
Gabriel Allen |
Gabriel writes of his take on the politics of the time |
William Barton |
Historical
|
1814-08-08
|
143 |
George Andrews |
Fort Brooke Fla: Sick soldiers; how to terminate war |
Alexander L. Thomas |
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1837-09-14
|
144 |
George Greene |
Young pioneer describes his first season settling Mount Independence |
Amos Lockwood |
Genealogical
|
1804-09-10
|
145 |
George Henry Kingsbury |
George Henry Kingsbury writes to Mother as he relocates in Boston |
Julia Ann Bourne Kingsbury |
Genealogical
|
1856-09-05
|
146 |
George Nathan Burwell |
Doctor describes cases at Philadelphia Hospital to his M.D. Father |
Bryant Burwell |
Genealogical
|
1843-05-08
|
147 |
George Washington Gordon |
Family selling some of their slaves |
son |
Slavery
|
1858-11-03
|
148 |
George Washington Langworthy |
Short letter to fiance' 17 days before wedding |
Emily Baker |
Genealogical
|
1841-04-02
|
149 |
George Whitefield Kirkland |
George Kirkland writes a request for a promotion to President Adams via the President’s private secretary |
William Smith Shaw |
Historical
|
1801-01-12
|
150 |
George W. Hutchings |
Letter informing mother that her surgeon son is likely a prisoner |
Maria Cooper |
Civil War
|
1864-09-04
|
151 |
Gorge Carman |
Soldier in Washington writing home about camp life |
Joe |
Civil War
|
1862-01-09
|
152 |
Gorge Carman |
Soldier writes that he and his comrades are anxious for England to enter the War |
Brother (Carman) |
Civil War
|
1861-12-14
|
153 |
Hale Leavitt Keyes |
Travel letter; trains that travel at 35 mph; Jackson rally; Bunker Hill Monument |
James Murdock Smith |
Historical
|
1834-05-06
|
154 |
Harriet Coit Towner |
I think you would not be so apprehensive of a dissolution of our glorious Union |
Daniel Coit Towner |
Genealogical
Political
|
1850-12-24
|
155 |
Harriet Coit Towner |
Mother’s advice to son about students and professors teasing, bullying him |
Daniel Coit Towner |
Genealogical
|
1851-03-11
|
156 |
Harvey Franklin Pollard |
Annexation of Texas |
William Mann |
Historical
Mexican War
Political
|
1845-03-11
|
157 |
Helen Mary Freeman |
Cousin chatter |
Dandridge Claiborne Freeman |
Genealogical
|
1851-09-08
|
158 |
Henry Carver Bosler |
Travelling through Louisville |
Elizabeth Kennedy Bosler |
Genealogical
|
1818-02-09
|
159 |
Henry Clay Ward |
Description of the battle of Balls Bluff by Gen Henry Ward |
Charles Tucker |
Civil War
|
1861-11-10
|
160 |
Henry Kingsbury |
Father scolds son for spending money |
George Henry Kingsbury |
Genealogical
|
1842-09-05
|
161 |
Henry Kingsbury |
Short note to send son money for fare home |
George Henry Kingsbury |
Genealogical
|
1843-05-13
|
162 |
Henry (Unknown) |
Letter to wife about life in Washington D. C. in week after Battle of Bull Run |
Wife (Henry) |
Civil War
|
1861-07-25
|
163 |
Henry (Unknown) |
Letter describing the Battle of Bull Run |
Wife (Henry) |
Civil War
|
1861-07-23
|
164 |
Hilary Valentine Harris |
Picketts talking to one another across river from hero of Pickett's charge |
Wife (Harris) |
Civil War
|
Unknown
|
165 |
Hiram Hill |
Boy writes home from Mount Pleasant Institute for Boys |
Otis G. Hill |
Genealogical
|
1855-05-28
|
166 |
Hiram W. Chase |
Sending sympathy for loss of child |
Otis Read Corbett |
Genealogical
|
1850-10-13
|
167 |
Hugh White |
Representative writes his cousin from Florida |
Abiah Lawrence Plumb |
Genealogical
|
1869-04-19
|
168 |
Isaac Humphreys |
Longest ask for a loan ever |
Governor Joseph Bloomfield |
Historical
|
1807-07-11
|
169 |
Isaah Clutch Ware |
Soldier describes spends time exploring cave |
Mary H. Gallion |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-02-13
|
170 |
Israel Bush Richardson |
Future Maj. Gen. writes from Fort Pleasant Fla about capturing Indians |
Marcella M. Richardson |
Civil War
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1842-03-22
|
171 |
Jacob Comegys |
Oregon Territory Pioneer writes to Judge about Indian Wars |
Thomas Nelson |
Historical
|
1853-11-01
|
172 |
Jacob Helffenstein |
Slavery riots in New York |
Margaret Birnie |
Historical
Slavery
|
1834-08-12
|
173 |
Jacob Sharpless |
Suggestion to brother to leave town due to cholera epidemic |
Blakely Sharpless |
Historical
|
1832-07-23
|
174 |
Jacob Webster |
Jacob writes to his father Thomas Webster for permission to marry |
Thomas Webster |
Colonial
|
1786-06-27
|
175 |
Jacob W. Sattles |
Description of Spotsylvania Battlefield |
Friend |
Civil War
|
1864-05-17
|
176 |
James Allen Danforth |
Business and political letter |
Allen Danforth |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1838-07-19
|
177 |
James Bowen Everhart |
Pennsylvania congressman describing a slave auction |
William Everhart |
Slavery
|
1843-08-19
|
178 |
James I Wilson |
Skirmishing on the Atlanta Campaign |
Friend Albert |
Civil War
|
1864-08-06
|
179 |
James McIntyre |
James writes Mother about fighting and socializing with rebel pickets |
Euseba Stow |
Civil War
|
1862-06-15
|
180 |
James Norcom |
Infamous Dr. from Harriet Jacob’s autobiography writes to Secretary of Treasury for job for his son |
Richard Rush |
Historical
Slavery
|
1826-08-21
|
181 |
James Wall Schureman |
General Taylor fighting in Matamoros |
Mary Elizabeth Schureman |
Mexican War
|
1846-05-14
|
182 |
Jane W Howell Ford |
Travel letter |
John Ford |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1867-05-09
|
183 |
Jared Potter Kirtland |
Naturalists requests specimens from collectors; gives opinion on President Jackson's banking fiasco |
Edward P. Camp |
Historical
|
1834-03-08
|
184 |
Jeptha Fowlkes |
I have just paid $600 for a very superior woman for you |
Maria J. Ward Fowkles |
Slavery
|
1846-08-11
|
185 |
Jeremiah Powell |
Jeremiah Powell loses his home |
John Cushing |
Historical
|
1784-08-10
|
186 |
Jeremiah Powell |
Jeremiah Powell, Patriot of the Revolution, about financial to John Cushing |
John Cushing |
Colonial
|
1780-11-04
|
187 |
J. H. Vencill |
Soldier writing to inform a father of his son's death in prison |
Gibson Taylor, Esq |
Civil War
|
1864-10-16
|
188 |
Joel Hotchkiss |
Family letter to Aunt |
Elizabeth Webster |
Genealogical
|
1780-06-17
|
189 |
Joel Sylvanus Wells |
Family letter about difficulty of farm life in Union Grove, Illinois in 1861 |
Israel Wells |
Genealogical
|
1861-07-20
|
190 |
John Ball |
John Ball writes to Senator Colhoun about idle slaves and failing crops |
John Ewing Colhoun |
Historical
|
1792-07-14
|
191 |
John Browne Sherrerd |
"Slavery is an abominable abomination and I rejoice that I am in it no deeper" |
Sarah Dutton Sherrerd Blakely |
Slavery
|
1849-12-26
|
192 |
John Delano Shearman |
Son writes Mother and family about how New York perceives several union generals |
Hepsa Hathaway Howland Shearman |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1862-07-09
|
193 |
John D. Fondren |
Buying and selling healthy and sick slaves |
Rainy |
Slavery
|
1857-12-04
|
194 |
John E. Davids |
Young attorney's formal letter to future in-laws requesting daughter's hand |
William Bain |
Genealogical
|
1844-05-01
|
195 |
John H. Denton |
Soldier writes to future wife about Shiloh Battlefield |
Martha A. Cole |
Civil War
|
1862-03-15
|
196 |
John Henry Miller |
Woman shot, scalped, set ablaze, then walked to Jacksonville |
Alexander H. Miller |
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1836-09-20
|
197 |
John H Frain |
A letter home to mother from a hospital near Petersburg |
Eliza Frain |
Civil War
|
1864-07-22
|
198 |
John H Frain |
Detailed description of the Battle of the Crater |
Sister (Frain) |
Civil War
|
1864-08-01
|
199 |
John H Frain |
Letter to brother describing artillery fire before Petersburg |
Walter Frain |
Civil War
|
1864-07-30
|
200 |
John H Frain |
Letter from Petersburg to sister |
Nettie Frain |
Civil War
|
1864-07-07
|
201 |
John H Frain |
Letter from the Battle of Chancellorsville |
Eliza Frain |
Civil War
|
1863-05-04
|
202 |
John H Frain |
The Battle of Fredericksburg |
Mother (Frain) |
Civil War
|
1862-12-15
|
203 |
John H Frain |
Description of the battlefield at Antietam |
Eliza Frain |
Civil War
|
1862-09-25
|
204 |
John H Frain |
Letter describing camp life and muddy roads |
Nettie Frain |
Civil War
|
1863-02-01
|
205 |
John H Frain |
Sharing food and utensils with the enemy at Petersburg |
Nettie Frain |
Civil War
|
1864-07-24
|
206 |
John H Frain |
Camp life. Grief of a Sawyer's widow. |
Eliza Frain |
Civil War
|
1863-01-11
|
207 |
John Ingersoll |
Capture of HMS Boxer |
Nathaniel Ingersoll |
War of 1812
|
1813-09-10
|
208 |
John Jermaine |
Surviving a hurricane on a boat in the Great Lakes |
Alanson Jermaine |
Historical
|
1825-12-24
|
209 |
John J. Mileham |
Young man writes future wife about learning of President Lincoln's death |
Margaret M. Trotter |
Civil War
Historical
|
1865-04-15
|
210 |
John Larne Robinson |
Political letter |
John Milton Johnson |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1844-03-22
|
211 |
John Ledyard |
Grandfather of the famous explorer writes about injuries received during storm |
Jacob Clerk |
Historical
|
1723-04-25
|
212 |
John Marion Hooker |
I do not think it advisable to buy any negroes now until this war question assumes some tangible shape |
Rainy |
Slavery
|
1859-06-25
|
213 |
John McAllister, Jr. |
Father writes to son and business partner as he explores the lands and cities along the Cumberland, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers |
William Young McAllister |
Historical
|
1838-08-06
|
214 |
John M. Lovejoy |
Soldier writes from Petersburg as an artillery engagement ensues |
Cynthia |
Civil War
|
1864-06-26
|
215 |
John M. Lovejoy |
Details of a bayonet charge at the battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
Cynthia |
Civil War
|
1864-06-27
|
216 |
John Morgan Pauling |
Cleaning mud out of canals |
David Fullerton |
Genealogical
|
1828-03-05
|
217 |
John Reep |
Scarlet fever on the homefront; fear of losing family on the battlefront |
Amzi Alexander Hawn |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1862-11-02
|
218 |
John Rogers Vinton |
Fort Raillee Fla Giving up commission for ministry |
Mary Atwell Vinton |
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1837-09-29
|
219 |
John S. Stacy |
Revolutionary War soldier misses his family and writes of reenlisting |
Samuel Stone |
Colonial
|
1780-03-12
|
220 |
John Trout Greble |
Soldier writes from Fort Simon Drum about scouting and camp life in Seminole War |
Fred |
Historical
|
1856-06-06
|
221 |
John Trout Greble |
Fort Simon Drum Florida |
Fred |
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1856-06-06
|
222 |
John (Unknown) |
Revolutionary War soldier writes from West Point about troop movements |
Elsworth |
Colonial
|
1780-10-16
|
223 |
John Warren |
Letter to son |
Jimmy Warren |
Civil War
|
Unknown
|
224 |
John Whipple Clark |
Physician turned investor; met President John Q. Adams |
Bryant Burwell |
Genealogical
|
1828-09-18
|
225 |
John W. Parker |
Great letter describing Calcutta |
Abigail Parker |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1828-12-09
|
226 |
John W. Tappan |
Legal letter from nephew to aunt |
Mary Tappan Currier |
Genealogical
|
1834-08-11
|
227 |
Jonathan Adams |
Tidings between families after birth of grandson |
William Thayer |
Genealogical
|
1795-12-18
|
228 |
Jonathan Gibson Taylor |
To Clara from Rock Island Prison |
Clara Taylor |
Civil War
|
1864-07-02
|
229 |
Jonathan Gibson Taylor |
Letter to sisters about Battle at Mount Sterling and being a POW |
Clara Taylor |
Civil War
|
1864-07-26
|
230 |
Jonathan Gibson Taylor |
Letter to little brother about prison and travels prior to imprisonment |
George Taylor |
Civil War
|
1864-09-24
|
231 |
Jonathan Gibson Taylor |
Letter to sister from Prison |
Sister (Taylor) |
Civil War
|
1864-09-05
|
232 |
Jonathan Gibson Taylor |
Soldier's letter from prison to family member mentioning that he is sick |
Mag |
Civil War
|
1864-10-04
|
233 |
Jonathan Wheeler |
Merchant outlining plan to evade President Madison's Proclamation of 1810 on imports |
William Dall |
Historical
|
1811-02-01
|
234 |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Writing to step-father about farm and an emergency surgery |
Step Father |
Genealogical
|
1886-11-24
|
235 |
Joseph Albert Penly |
Soldier documents his enlistment in diary form |
Eliza Davis Penly |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1862-09-25
|
236 |
Joseph B Andrews |
Early boat trip through Great Lakes |
Rebecca Andrews |
Historical
|
1847-08-12
|
237 |
Joseph C. Gordon |
First commercial boat travel down the Allegheny River |
Jonathan Rhea Gordon |
Historical
|
1830-06-01
|
238 |
Joseph Cummins |
Administration of our government is the true source of the evils |
Joseph Wallace |
Historical
|
1840-03-28
|
239 |
Joseph Kent |
Young sailor who will die at sea in months writes home |
Joseph Kent, Sr. |
Historical
|
1791-01-07
|
240 |
Joseph Palmer Fessenden |
Religious letter |
John Stuart Barrows |
Genealogical
|
1819-09-07
|
241 |
Joseph Palmer Fessenden |
Reporting on sickness of Barrow's brother |
John Stuart Barrows |
Genealogical
|
1819-02-15
|
242 |
Joseph Perkins Brooks |
A Whig for William Harrison |
Thomas C. Johnson |
Political
|
1840-07-23
|
243 |
Joseph Ripley Chandler |
Yellow fever epidemic of Philadelphia in 1820 |
John Cook |
Historical
|
1820-09-01
|
244 |
Joshua Bell Fry |
Politician to Politician |
Thomas Helms |
Political
|
1850-12-16
|
245 |
Joshua Bell Fry |
Hurried letter to wife from politician on campaign tour |
Mary Montgomery Bell |
Political
|
1859-05-16
|
246 |
Joshua Bell Fry |
General Scott, Daniel Webster, John Crittenden, and Millard Filmore |
Mary Montgomery Bell |
Historical
Political
|
1852-06-24
|
247 |
Joshua Bell Fry |
War in Oregon, Florida's impact on election, |
Thomas Helms |
Historical
Political
|
1845-12-30
|
248 |
Julia Ann Bourne Kingsbury |
Julia Bourne Kingsbury writes to her son George about his health |
George Henry Kingsbury |
Genealogical
|
1842-04-18
|
249 |
Juliet Western |
Woman asking a former slave owner for negro help |
James C. Mulligan |
Slavery
|
1865-10-01
|
250 |
Katherine Bigelow |
Sister writes brother overseas. Very prominent family. |
Andrew Bigelow |
Historical
|
1816-11-15
|
251 |
Laban H. Shank |
Letter about soldiers stealing supplies and horses from farms and mistreating slave "wenches" |
Henry Silas Shank |
Civil War
|
1862-11-05
|
252 |
Larkin Turner |
Captain Turner writes to grandfather, Colonel Luke Drury, about voyage |
Luke Drury |
Genealogical
|
1807-09-25
|
253 |
Leverett Ward Wessells |
Desecrating Indian mounds |
Henry McNeil |
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1840-03-20
|
254 |
Lide Wheat |
Young girl writes brother about the frustration of school |
Almiron Wheat |
Genealogical
|
1863-04-16
|
255 |
Louisa Davis Minot |
Description of Charleston and a slave plantation |
Mary |
Historical
Slavery
|
1838-02-14
|
256 |
Luman Tenney |
Captain's letter describing the last moments of a son's life at Five Forks |
William Lewis |
Civil War
|
1865-04-15
|
257 |
Lydia Clutch Ware |
Home guard asks citizens to stay on guard |
Isaah Clutch Ware |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1864-04-08
|
258 |
Lydia Clutch Ware |
Returning to family life after war |
Isaah Clutch Ware |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1865-05-17
|
259 |
Lydia Clutch Ware |
Rebels and Yankees as neighbors |
Isaah Clutch Ware |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1864-03-28
|
260 |
Malcom McNeill |
Plantation owner and land investor Malcom McNeill writes to wife about investments, slaves health, and an outbreak of yellow fever |
Catherine Boddie McNeill |
Slavery
|
1855-10-29
|
261 |
Malcom McNeill |
Plantation owner's financial demise as slaves leave |
Thomas Henry McNeill |
Slavery
|
1864-03-06
|
262 |
Marcus Tullius Cicero Wing |
Ohio for Lewis Cass and Free Soil party, but I'm for Taylor |
David Davis Wing |
Historical
|
1848-11-15
|
263 |
Margaret Flower |
Young girl writes about slavery; her memoir written by Lydia Huntley Sigourney |
Nancy Flower |
Slavery
|
1829-10-05
|
264 |
Margaret Isabella Reynolds |
Woman writes about negroes she once owned--now voting; superiority of whites |
Reuben Reynolds |
Slavery
|
1868-04-29
|
265 |
Margaret Louise Bowie |
School girl writes about school and family |
Walter Bowie, Jr. |
Genealogical
|
1847-05-04
|
266 |
Margaret Miller Ketchum |
Mention of sinking of the steamboat 'Lexington' |
George Youle |
Historical
|
1840-01-29
|
267 |
Margaret Reynolds |
Maggie Reynolds writes to her future husband Andrew C. Cowles |
Andrew Carson Cowles |
Historical
|
1869-07-01
|
268 |
Margaret Reynolds |
Letter from Statesville, N. C. about the hanging of Tom Dula (Tom Dooley) |
Reuben Reynolds |
Historical
|
1868-05-01
|
269 |
Margaret Tilghman Carroll |
Asking for help for refractory servants |
Mr. Sorman |
Slavery
|
1813-07-28
|
270 |
Marshall P. Wood |
Detailed fighting at South Mountain and Antietam |
Julia Hunt Wood |
Civil War
|
1862-09-20
|
271 |
Marshall P. Wood |
Marching from Washington D.C. to first battle |
Julia Hunt Wood |
Civil War
|
1862-09-14
|
272 |
Marshall P. Wood |
Detailed fighting during Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse |
Julia Hunt Wood |
Civil War
|
1864-05-20
|
273 |
Martin Jones Burke |
Fort Hieleman letter about discharge |
Brig. Gen. Roger Jones |
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1836-09-07
|
274 |
Mary Adkinson Longwood Moore |
Civil War widow writes grandson as a soldier of WWI |
Raymond E. Longwood |
Civil War
Historical
|
1917-10-22
|
275 |
Mary Christopher Van Doorn Couch |
Woman describes death of her husband |
Anthony Van Doorn |
Genealogical
|
1845-02-24
|
276 |
Mary Cornelia Daniel |
Young daughter writes home to her mother |
Margaret Baldwin Daniel |
Genealogical
|
1817-07-03
|
277 |
Mary Cornelia Daniel |
Young daughter writes home to her mother |
Margaret Baldwin Daniel |
Genealogical
|
1817-07-03
|
278 |
Mary R. Patrick |
Young woman writing friend about life in Leed's Point, N.J. as a school teacher |
Caroline Williams |
Genealogical
|
1850-10-07
|
279 |
Mary R. Patrick |
School teacher writing to sister about teaching, etc, in Mays Landing, N. J. |
Caroline Williams |
Genealogical
|
1850-08-13
|
280 |
Mary Wildes Lovell |
Mary Wildes Lovell writes writes endearing letter to her friend Julia Ann Kingsbury |
Julia Ann Bourne Kingsbury |
Genealogical
|
1852-02-17
|
281 |
Mary Wildes Lovell |
Letter to a friend |
Julia Ann Bourne Kingsbury |
Genealogical
|
1857-10-30
|
282 |
Mathias Hutchinson |
Hutchinson Family Genealogy |
Thomas Paxson |
Genealogical
|
1865-04-22
|
283 |
Montgomery Blair |
Camp Lang Syne, Fla Short note promising letters |
Elizabeth Blair |
Historical
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1836-03-20
|
284 |
Moses Goodrich |
Minister writes about Dakota War and Sioux Uprising of 1862 |
John Goodrich |
Historical
|
1864-05-23
|
285 |
Nancy Taylor Beach Webster |
Parents transporting their dead child on steamboats down the Illinois River |
Elizabeth Beach |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1834-12-01
|
286 |
Nathaniel Silsbee |
Mass. Congressman writes about lighthouse and Beaumarchais repayment claim |
Unknown |
Historical
|
1812-11-29
|
287 |
Naum Haus Apgar |
Soldier writes To His brother After the Battle of Fredericksburg |
Andrew B. Apgar |
Civil War
|
1862-12-20
|
288 |
Naum Haus Apgar |
Soldier writes home to his father from Washington City |
John A Apgar |
Civil War
|
1862-07-24
|
289 |
Nelson C. Green |
Prison guard writes home to brother from Rock Island Prison |
Charles Green |
Civil War
|
1864-10-04
|
290 |
Nelson C. Green |
Guard at Rock Island Prison writes home about Rebel prisoners, prison life |
Charles Green |
Civil War
|
1864-08-31
|
291 |
Ogden Ellery Edwards |
Home front letter during War of 1812 |
Henry Edwards |
Historical
War of 1812
|
1814-09-11
|
292 |
Olive Leighton Bourne |
George Henry Kingsbury's Aunt Olive a letter to cheer him up |
George Henry Kingsbury |
Genealogical
|
1842-03-14
|
293 |
Ornan Eastman |
Nullification Crisis and Worcester v. Georgia |
William Reed |
Historical
|
1833-01-10
|
294 |
Patrick Coyle |
Soldier informs a father of his son's death |
Gibson Taylor, Esq |
Civil War
|
1864-10-06
|
295 |
Patrick Henry Thomson |
Young husband on hunting trip writes home to wife |
Julia Maria Farnsworth Thomson |
Genealogical
|
1840-10-22
|
296 |
Peter Hagner |
3rd Auditor to Seymour Moses regarding 37th Reg. U S Infantry |
Seymour Moses |
Genealogical
|
1819-07-06
|
297 |
Phebe Mann Oakes |
Daughter writes home to Mother |
Emily Mann Oakes |
Genealogical
|
1836-01-04
|
298 |
Philip Littig, Jr. |
Loss of family, financial |
Benjamin Johnson |
Genealogical
|
1851-03-28
|
299 |
Philip Norbourne Barbour |
Fort Stansbury Fla: Warning Col about letter to Sec of War & his response |
Ethan Allen Hitchcock |
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1842-07-17
|
300 |
Phillip I Miller |
Letter written from the steamboat Menemon Stanford as she is sinking |
William Taylor |
Civil War
Historical
|
1862-12-10
|
301 |
Rensselaer William Foote |
Fort Harrison mail lost when Indians killed express rider |
Charles Augustus Foote |
Civil War
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1841-05-15
|
302 |
Reuben Herbine |
Letter about the slaughter at the second Battle of Bull Run |
Brother (Herbine) |
Civil War
|
1862-09-03
|
303 |
Reuben Herbine |
Letter to brother from camp near Fredericksburg about camp life |
Brother (Herbine) |
Civil War
|
1862-05-27
|
304 |
Reuben Reynolds |
Brother writes brother about family matters |
William Sanford |
Genealogical
|
1854-05-01
|
305 |
Richard Collins |
Son writes mother from Elmira Prison |
John Wesley Collins |
Civil War
|
1864-09-08
|
306 |
Richard Moale Chase |
Business letter to Randle H. Moale |
Randle Hulse Moale |
Genealogical
|
1824-10-01
|
307 |
Richard Moale Chase |
Letter to Randle Hulse Moale regarding some accounting issues |
Randle Hulse Moale |
Genealogical
|
1823-12-26
|
308 |
Richard Moale Chase |
Ordering tombstone for parents' grave |
Randle Hulse Moale |
Historical
|
1823-12-11
|
309 |
Richard Moale Chase |
Son of Jeremiah Townley Chase writes letter regarding sale of slave woman |
Randle Hulse Moale |
Slavery
|
1826-10-06
|
310 |
Robert Collins |
POW writes home to inform parents of his capture and the death of his brother |
John Wesley Collins |
Civil War
|
1864-05-18
|
311 |
Robert Collins |
POW writes mother from Elmira Prison |
Frances T. Collins |
Civil War
|
1864-09-23
|
312 |
Robert G. Vassar |
Macabre scene of Fair Oaks battleground |
John Guy Vassar |
Civil War
|
1862-06-12
|
313 |
Robert M. Lewis |
President of Canal Company asks for witness in trial |
Simon Newton Dexter |
Historical
|
1830-11-10
|
314 |
Robert Reynolds |
Brother writes brother to borrow money for investing |
Hugh Reynolds |
Genealogical
|
1852-01-03
|
315 |
Robert Walker Taylor |
POW writing his sister about the death of his POW brother |
Sister (Taylor) |
Civil War
|
1864-10-22
|
316 |
Robert Wickliffe |
Slaveholder from Kentucky writes about selling slaves |
Cornelius Comegys |
Slavery
|
1827-09-05
|
317 |
Sally B. Norris |
New mother writes to husband announcing the birth of their son |
Benjamin Norris |
Genealogical
|
1837-01-29
|
318 |
Samuel Ayers Bradley |
Discussion of the Brunswick Convention |
John Stuart Barrows |
Genealogical
Historical
|
1816-11-24
|
319 |
Samuel Ayers Bradley |
Author sick offering a partnership with his business to the recipient |
John Stuart Barrows |
Genealogical
|
1818-10-22
|
320 |
Samuel Bernard Dick |
Soldier writes home to his wife |
Agnes Scott |
Civil War
|
1862-09-25
|
321 |
Samuel Freeman Headley |
Man asks that feeble horse be allowed to live life out grazing in his meadow |
Richard Miller Acton |
Genealogical
|
1843-08-05
|
322 |
Samuel Graham |
Cholera epidemic |
Robert Phares Kirby |
Historical
|
1849-07-22
|
323 |
Sarah Anne Wood Harwood |
Sarah Harwood writes husband, the future admiral, aboard frigate “Potomac” to inform of their child’s sickness & death |
Andrew Allen Harwood |
Historical
|
1836-02-13
|
324 |
Sarah Maria Dunlap |
Pioneer life in Michigan |
Abijah Barnum Dunlap |
Genealogical
|
1840-03-04
|
325 |
Sarah Marvel Edson |
Wife and brother-in-law write to husband who is away from home |
Daniel Edson |
Genealogical
|
1821-01-07
|
326 |
Sidney C. Anderson |
Sid describes battle of Hanover Court House; later he was KIA Gaines Mill |
Thomas P. Anderson |
Civil War
|
1862-05-29
|
327 |
Silas A. Clarke |
Young man writes his brother from boarding school |
David E. Clarke |
Genealogical
|
1842-05-07
|
328 |
Solomon Sherwood Kimball |
Cholera epidemic presents dilemma whether to leave the city |
Rachel Sherwood Kimball |
Historical
|
1845-06-04
|
329 |
Stephen Hale |
Stepson writes Mother about Cholera epidemic of 1832 |
Amelia Wheeler Hale |
Diseases/epidemics
Genealogical
|
1832-07-17
|
330 |
Stephen L. Nichols |
Soldier writes home about the Battle of Fredericksburg |
Family (Nichols) |
Civil War
|
1862-12-19
|
331 |
Stephen Pleasonton |
Fifth Auditor in the Treasury Department, Stephen Pleasonton writes to Justice Jacob Livingston Sutherland about Liens |
Jacob Livingston Sutherland |
Historical
|
1822-06-24
|
332 |
Stevenson Leslie |
Soldier describes skirmish on Malvern Hill and stealing from the dead |
Lizzie Leslie |
Civil War
|
1862-08-07
|
333 |
Susan Hale |
Susan Hale writes to Myrtilla Miner about John Brown, when Edward Everett Hale will return, and Miss Miner's School |
Myrtilla Miner |
Civil War
Historical
|
1860-01-13
|
334 |
Susan M. Walker Trafton |
Love letter to husband |
Charles T Trafton |
Genealogical
|
1849-05-15
|
335 |
Sylvester Welch |
Detailed trip up the Ohio River around Louisville |
Sarah Stannard Welch |
Historical
|
1836-09-09
|
336 |
Theodore Longwood |
Watching incoming shells burst & Petersburg burn from the union rifle pits |
Rebecca Scott Longwood |
Civil War
|
1864-07-29
|
337 |
Theodore Longwood |
General John Hunt Morgan is captured |
Mary Ann Longwood Stevens |
Civil War
|
1863-07-28
|
338 |
Thomas Clifford |
Philadelphia the first day the Stamp Act of 1765 was implemented |
Harper & Hartshorne |
Historical
|
1765-11-01
|
339 |
Thomas Effner McNall |
Effner writes about being in the hospital for sore throat |
William McNall |
Civil War
|
1863-03-24
|
340 |
Thomas Effner McNall |
Description of Battle of Chancellorsville |
Sibbel Seward McNall |
Civil War
|
1863-05-10
|
341 |
Thomas Effner McNall |
Effner writes family and describes his interactions with the rebel pickets and describes the mud march of Gen. Burnside |
William McNall |
Civil War
|
1863-02-01
|
342 |
Thomas Franklin, Sr |
Father promises to care for Samuel Rhoades’ daughter as she prepares to move to NY to marry his son |
Samuel Rhoades |
Historical
|
1763-12-20
|
343 |
Thomas Green |
Son writing to Father about a rift that has developed |
Dr. John Green |
Genealogical
|
1784-09-14
|
344 |
Thomas H. Grasty |
Brother asks brother to assist him in hiring slaves |
William Grasty |
Slavery
|
1848-10-13
|
345 |
Thomas Lenington Thorne |
Fort Gamble Fl: Indians hung 2 negroes to tree & killed by bashing heads; mutilated others |
Abby Lenington Wolfe |
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1841-06-22
|
346 |
Thomas P. Conrey |
Soldier who would die as POW in Andersonville writes his sister |
Sister (Conrey) |
Civil War
|
1863-11-09
|
347 |
Thomas Seymour |
The first Mayor of Hartford, writes about the tied election results between Jefferson and Burr, and the French Treaty |
Ledyard Seymour |
Historical
|
1801
|
348 |
Timothy Lindall |
Repairs after 1760 Salem fire |
John Osborne |
Historical
|
1760-04-28
|
349 |
Timothy Pickering |
Pickering exploring Wyoming County, Pa. for coal resources |
Tench Coxe |
Historical
|
1788-04-23
|
350 |
Wait Hotchkiss |
French and Indian War veteran writes about militia duty in Revolutionary War |
Thomas Webster |
Colonial
|
1773-05-11
|
351 |
Wait Hotchkiss |
French and Indian War soldier describing death of his wife to his father-in-law |
Thomas Webster |
Colonial
|
1776-04-01
|
352 |
Walter T. C. Anderson |
Fears violence between confederate veterans and newly freed African Americans |
James Alexander Watkins Jackson |
Historical
|
1867-08-25
|
353 |
Washington Irving Pennymaker |
Poignant letter where Father arrives too late for dying son; also his views against slavery |
Mary Ann Pennypacker |
Civil War
|
1863-01-03
|
354 |
Whitman Chase |
Sailor writes from Steamer Isaac Smith about hunting down AWOL sailors |
Mehitable Doane Kelley Chase |
Civil War
|
1862-10-26
|
355 |
William Barton |
Hero from American Revolutionary War writes about his life from prison |
Samuel Brown Barrell |
Historical
|
1818-12-09
|
356 |
William Beatty Rochester |
Congressman Rochester writes about Congress and the 1824 election to his uncle Judge Adam Beatty |
Adam Beatty |
Historical
|
1822-02-03
|
357 |
William Blair |
Family letter; town getting ready for war |
Andrew Blair |
Civil War
Genealogical
|
1861-05-10
|
358 |
William B Stevens |
Soldier writes as shells burst over him on the battlefield at Spotsylvania |
Abbie Harriman |
Civil War
|
1864-05-08
|
359 |
William Clark Frazer |
Future Territorial Judge Asking for Senator's reference to President Taylor |
Isaac Dutton Barnard |
Historical
|
Unknown
|
360 |
William Davenport |
Fort Roger Jones Middle Florida: Death of Soldier |
Henry Hopkins Sibley |
Seminole Indian Wars
|
1839-06-04
|
361 |
William Edward Johnston |
There will be no recognition of the Southern Confederacy by France or England |
Robert Clark Johnston |
Civil War
Historical
|
1861-11-12
|
362 |
William E. Vanauken |
Soldier camped in a cemetery in Arlington overlooking the Potomac and Washington |
Ezra and Elizabeth Vanauken Sawyer |
Civil War
|
1862-08-17
|
363 |
William E. Vanauken |
Soldier on the way to fight at Antietam |
Ezra and Elizabeth Vanauken Sawyer |
Civil War
|
1862-09-11
|
364 |
William E. Vanauken |
Soldier in Washington, saw Lincoln |
Ezra and Elizabeth Vanauken Sawyer |
Civil War
|
1862-08-24
|
365 |
William E. Vanauken |
Execution of three deserters by firing squad at Leesburg |
Ezra and Elizabeth Vanauken Sawyer |
Civil War
|
1863-06-20
|
366 |
William Gibbons |
Hiring Daniel Webster to Argue Gibbons v. Ogden |
Thomas Gibbons |
Historical
|
1823-03-01
|
367 |
William Gilreath |
Confederate soldier writes to notify a father of his son's death at Cold Harbor |
William H. Goodlett |
Civil War
|
1864-06-03
|
368 |
William Henry Brown |
Description of army on the move near Poolesville |
Joseph Brown |
Civil War
|
1862-12-30
|
369 |
William Henry Brown |
D. C. preparing for attack. Gen’l Hooker removed. Rebs in Penn. Predicts a great battle soon. |
John Kittridge Brown |
Civil War
|
1863-06-28
|
370 |
William Henry Brown |
Veteran in camp writing to brother and musing over past battles and losses |
John Kittridge Brown |
Civil War
|
1863-09-19
|
371 |
William Henry Turner |
Soldier from 6th Indpt. Battery writes of battles, mud, and generals |
William Taylor |
Civil War
|
1863-03-22
|
372 |
William Howes |
Soldier skirmishing, foraging, 11 days until Gettysburg |
Elizabeth Wheeler Howes |
Civil War
|
1863-06-21
|
373 |
William H. Potter |
Family Letter |
Calista "Kitty" Potter |
Genealogical
|
1861-04-08
|
374 |
William James Rukard Norville |
Racist Anti-Black Reconstruction letter |
William Thomas Norville |
Political
Reconstruction Era
|
1866-10-08
|
375 |
William Key Bond |
Ohio Congressman describes his stage coach trip to Columbus, Ohio |
Lucy Bond |
Historical
|
1826-12-10
|
376 |
William McKendree Springer |
Future U. S. Congressman mentions Mason and Slidell Affair |
Rebecca Rutter Springer |
Civil War
Historical
|
1861-12-18
|
377 |
William Milo Stone |
Future Governor of Iowa talks to President & others to help general with appointment |
Elliot Warren Rice |
Civil War
Historical
|
1863-09-16
|
378 |
William Pelham |
Madison for President |
Joseph Gale |
Historical
|
1812-10-31
|
379 |
William Ramsdell |
Letter home to wife from a sailor |
Sylvia Coleman Ramsdell |
Genealogical
|
1796-05-12
|
380 |
William Ransom Vilas |
Letter to sister describing the execution of Stephen Videto |
Lucy M. Vilas |
Historical
|
1825-08-28
|
381 |
William Reuben Nims |
Early settler's letter to Lexington, Michigan |
Dr. Reuben Nims |
Genealogical
Historical
|
Unknown
|
382 |
William Runcie |
Mark Twain like travel letter including slave plantation |
James Runcie |
Historical
Slavery
|
1846-04-19
|
383 |
William Sturgis |
As son leaves home he writes his Mother about the melancholy they each feel |
Elizabeth Jackson Sturgis |
Genealogical
|
1827-09-04
|
384 |
William Vernon |
Slave trader who built Continental Navy writes early shipping letter |
Samuel Vernon |
Historical
|
1748-04-20
|
385 |
William Worthington Haly |
Business letter to Randle Hulse Moale |
Randle Hulse Moale |
Genealogical
|
1823-03-05
|