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Letters

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
Scope Note: Use the singular form for Digital Object title

Found in 195 Collections and/or Records:

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Commemorative Envelopes

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-002
Abstract

This collection contains two empty envelopes from the commisioning of the aircraft carrier, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, on October 18, 1977, named in honor of the late U.S. President. The envelope also has the name of the Captain of the ship, who was William E. Ramsey.

Dates: 1977

Margaret and Ames Vanwormer Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-056
Abstract

The collection includes a letter from Margaret and Ames Vanwormer to brother, regarding news of family and acquaintances.

Dates: 1863

Oscar L. Whitelaw Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-045
Abstract

This collection contains a letter written by Private Oscar L. Whitelaw of the 15th Vermont Infantry Regiment of the Union Army on December 20, 1862, during the American Civil War. Whitelaw describes the march from Camp Vermont to the Fairfax County Courthouse, as well as camp life, Confederates in Richmond, and his feelings about the war.

Dates: 1862

Henry Whitman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-003
Abstract

This collections contains papers and letters addressed to Henry Whitman, the Justice of the Peace for Wythe County, Virginia, in the mid-1800s. Most documents contain information about different legal dispitutes and issues. Two relate to the purchasing of a bridle and of leather, and another letter relates information about the American Civil War.

Dates: 1827 - 1864

William H. and Sarah McDowell Correspondence, 1862, 1865

 File — Folder 1
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains two 1862 letters from William H. McDowell to his wife, Sarah McDowell, and a February 1865 letter from Sarah to her husband. The letters from William to Sarah were written on October 1 and October 3, 1862, from Fredericksburg, Virginia, while serving in the American Civil War. He describes camp life and food, Confederate and Union pickets sharing news and whiskey, and impending troop movements. The letter from Sarah to her husband dates to February 1865 and contains...
Dates: 1862, 1865