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Contains 110 Results:

Letters and documents addresses to President Grover Cleveland and L.Q.C. Lamar in support of James Harris for territorial Governor of Washington, April-July, 1885

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: April-July, 1885

Newspaper clippings regarding Harris' death, 1885

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: 1885

Miscellaneous story, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: n.d.

Household Ledger and Diary, 1857, 1860

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: 1857, 1860

Journal with other entries written by unknown persons, 1860-68

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: 1860-68

Photograph, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: n.d.

Casualty List: Warren Rifles in the Battle of the Wilderness, May 12, 1864

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: May 12, 1864

Battle Maps - Cold Harbor, Fraziers Farm, Ellysons (?) Mills, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: n.d.

Newspaper clippings, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: n.d.

James W. M. Harris to Mary Lum Harris, May 8, 1863

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: May 8, 1863