Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains seven letters written to William Roane Aylett between 1852-1887, as well as five undated letters and four envelopes. The collection includes letters from family and friends, as well as business correspondence. Although the letters span the American Civil War-era, there is no war-time correspondence in this collection. Most of the letters are from the 1850s. Family correspondents include Aylett's mother, his brother, Patrick, his sister, Rosalie, and his...