Scope and Contents The folder contains the following items: 1825 April. Letter of Rebecca Catherine Lomax to Margaret Dade.1828 August 29. Letter to Margaret.1861. Invitation to the twelfth anniversary of the Southern Literary Society of New Orleans, February 21, 1861.1863 July 15. Letter from W.T. Patton at College Hospital, Gettysburg, PA. W.T. Patton was 'badly wounded and left in the hands of the enemy'. He 'recd a wound through the mouth fracturing the jaw...

Scope and Contents 13 Sept. 1856. T[homas] Buchanan Read/ Liverpool/ [Eng.], to Mrs. [?] Gray. Tells of voyage to England taking 2(d days, and the discovery of a major leak, "one inch per minute I" from the ship on the second day; constant pumping kept the ship afloat; wrote two poems while on board, which he hopes will be good enough to be published; comments on the upcoming presidential election in the United States, stating that everyone in England is "in favor of Freedom which means of course [John...

Scope and Contents 31 July circa 1778. John Gilchrist, Galatea, off New London, Connecticut, to Peggy, Describes rowing in Huntington Bay looking for Mr. McClellan; Captain Southard is current "masmate" strong winds have kept his ship from schedule; mentions meeting the "French Squadron" near Rhode Island. 18 December 1780. John Gilchrist to Peggy. Lengthy discussion centering on her excuses for not writing; describes the new uniform of Captain R. John Gilchrist, "Loyalist, Sandy Hook," New Jersey, to Peggy,...