Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists of the correspondence of members of the Stanford family. The bulk of the letters were sent to or by Lycurgus L. Stanford, his brother Eli, and his father Nehemiah. The letters date from 1858 through 1876. Pre-war letters include a letter from Nehemiah to Lycurgus Stanford that includes a Receipt for Consumption. Many letters date from Lycurgus and Eli Stanford's time serving in the American Civil War. In these letters members of the...