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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 1990 Collections and/or Records:

Washington County, Virginia, Court Notice of Payment for Autopsy of Jessee, an Enslaved Person

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-045
Abstract

The collection consists of a Court Document, May 28, 1860, Washington County, Virginia.

Dates: May 28, 1860

Washington Light Guard Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-070
Abstract

This collection contains two ledgers from the Washington Light Guard from 1861.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

Watercolors of Fungi

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-012
Scope and Content

Illustrations of fifty fungi or algae found in England. Perhaps a catalog of a collection. The illustrations are accompanied by brief descriptions and captions.

Dates: 184?

Reuel W. Waters Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-110
Abstract

The collection consists of one letter from Reuel W. Waters of the 6th Maine Light Artillery to his sister, discussing ammunitions and artillery.

Dates: 1865

Rebecca Wood Watkin Architectural Drawings

 File
Identifier: Ms-1995-009
Abstract Rebecca Wood Watkin was born in 1913 in Portland, Oregon. She earned a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1933, and a B. Arch. from the Architecture School of the University of Pennsylvania. She returned to the west coast, and worked in other architects' offices during the 1930s and 1940s. She earned her California Architectural license in 1944 and opened her own practice in 1951. The collection consists of architectural drawings of remodelings, alterations, additions, and new designs of...
Dates: 1940-1989, 2011

John C. Watkins Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-071
Abstract This collection consists of eighteen letters, seventeen of which are by John C. Watkins and three of which are fragments, two by John C. and one by his wife, Harriet (Hattie) Watkins, primarilyl written by American Civil War. All were written to friends and family back home in Lowell, Massachusetts, first, when Watkins served as a private with the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment in Suffolk, Virginia in 1862 and 1863; then while in Washington, DC, from 1864 to 1866; and, lastly, while serving...
Dates: 1862 - 1870

Sessler Watkins Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-084
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Sessler Watkins, of Cary, West Virginia, to his mother, Mrs. J. B. Watkins of Troutville, Virginia, describing Watkins' experiences living and working in a company-owned mining town in West Virginia.

Dates: n.d.

George W. Watson Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-024
Abstract

The George W. Watson Correspondence contains letters from George W. Watson, a private in Company H, 12th New Hampshire Infantry during the American Civil War, written to his family from camps in Virginia and from Point Lookout, Maryland. Also includes a letter from unidentified Union soldier written from Batesville, Arkansas.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

James Watson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-071
Abstract

This collection contains a letter sent from James Watson, a soldier in the Union Army, to his parents. In the letter, Watson discusses life in the army and trading goods with Confederate soldiers.

Dates: 1863-05-02

Thomas Watson Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-005
Abstract

The collection includes photocopies of typed transcripts of letters of Thomas Watson, a private in Company D, 93rd Illinois Infantry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862 - 1866