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This collection consists of the note/account book of A. Illges which he kept during the Civil War and afterwards, 5 receipts from European travels after the War, and a bill or sale for some cotton bales.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Due to the size of this collection, a temporary finding aid can be found here This spreadsheet inventory is searchable using "Control F" function. Since this collection is arranged broadly, you may need to use multiple search terms to capture what you are interested in. For example: a high school sports event could be found under the school's name or...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Due to the size of this collection, a temporary finding aid can be found here This spreadsheet inventory is searchable using "Control F" function. Since this collection is arranged broadly, you may need to use multiple search terms to capture what you are interested in. For example: a high school sports event could be found under the school's name or...

Scope and Contents The Anne Fannie Gorham Diary Collection consists of the diary of Anne Fannie Gorham, which describes her daily life in Hamilton, Georgia at the beginning of the Civil War. It also includes a typed transcript of the diary, photocopies of a book on Gorham family genealogy, and a letter stating the finding of the diary.The Anne Fannie Gorham diary begins in December 30, 1861 and ends with July 13, 1862. It measures 3.5 inches by 5.5 inches. There is an entry for every day, and the...

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The collection consists of 5 photocopied items, all related to his application for a pension.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the typescript of the diary of James William Howard. The original diary consisted of three parts which were carried around with him and thus were badly worn. About 1904, Mrs. Agnes Eason, the Poet Laureate of Florida, convinced him to let her type a copy of the diary as he read it to her. This copy is the same one that the family allowed the Lizzie Rutherford Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to copy. It also contains a family history added...

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This small folder contains the original pension record awarded in 1911 to Lemuel R. Thompson, a Union soldier in the Civil War. Additional pages were printed out from Ancestry.com about the life of Thompson, including census records from 1870 to 1910 and military records.

Scope and Contents This small collection consists of one scrapbook assembled by Minnie Jewett in about 1886. The scrapbook was presented to her by her friend F. Haddock, March 19, 1886 of Hatchechubbee, Alabama. Her cuttings include newspaper clippings, poetry, and flowers. Her wedding announcements are in the scrapbook. Every other page has cutouts from magazines or cards. An interesting page shows the cornerstone of the confederate monument in Montgomery on April 28, 1886. This scrapbook is housed in the...

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The letters are from 1819 and 1897, and are of a personal nature. Included is a newspaper clipping about a Civil War diary and an envelope that possibly contained the letters at some later point in their existence.

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Five letters written from various places in Tennessee.