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Box 2

 Container

Contains 75 Results:

Receipts and Orders to Pay of Dr. John Millington, Memphis, Tennessee, 1859 April-October

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 27
Identifier: id93714
Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters and papers of John Millington record his move to the newly opened University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, 1850, and to the Medical College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1853. From this period came an order for payment for engineering services to the Mississippi Central Railroad, a copy of a medical address pritned in the Memphis Daily Bulletin, and letters from Williamsburg, Virginia, where he still owned a house, 1855-1858. A letter written by John C. Phillips after an eight month...
Dates: 1859 April-October
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

John Millington, "at our own old house in Williamsburg, Virginia," to Miss Kate Millington, Memphis, Tennessee, 1859 July 13, 1859 July 20

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 28
Identifier: id93715
Scope and Contents

Regarding his attempts to rent their furnished house in Williamsburg; news of the people in the town.

Dates: 1859 July 13, 1859 July 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

J.W. Shipp to John N. Waddell: a deed to a tract of land in Fayette County, Tennessee, 1859 September 24

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 29
Identifier: id93716
Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters and papers of John Millington record his move to the newly opened University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, 1850, and to the Medical College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1853. From this period came an order for payment for engineering services to the Mississippi Central Railroad, a copy of a medical address pritned in the Memphis Daily Bulletin, and letters from Williamsburg, Virginia, where he still owned a house, 1855-1858. A letter written by John C. Phillips after an eight month...
Dates: 1859 September 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Susan Archer Talley, Fincastle, to Dr. Millington, 1859 October 19

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 30
Identifier: id93717
Scope and Contents

Sent with a volume of her poems, and asking for a review of them.

Dates: 1859 October 19
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Deed of Conveyance from Benjamin Houston to J.N. Waddell, 1860 February 14

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 31
Identifier: id93718
Scope and Contents

Deed for tracts of land in Fayette County, Tennessee.

Dates: 1860 February 14
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Emily Mary Bates, Southall, Midd't, England, to her father, Professor Millington, Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 1860 May 2

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 32
Identifier: id93719
Scope and Contents

Regarding the death of her husband. Card.

Dates: 1860 May 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Promissory Note from Orville R. Early, Memphis, to John Millington, 1860 May 26

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 33
Identifier: id93720
Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters and papers of John Millington record his move to the newly opened University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, 1850, and to the Medical College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1853. From this period came an order for payment for engineering services to the Mississippi Central Railroad, a copy of a medical address pritned in the Memphis Daily Bulletin, and letters from Williamsburg, Virginia, where he still owned a house, 1855-1858. A letter written by John C. Phillips after an eight month...
Dates: 1860 May 26
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

John Millington, Memphis, to his daughter, Mrs. Katy Millington Blankenship, 1860 November-December

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 34
Identifier: id93721
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Regarding her move to her new home in Richmond, and family news.

Dates: 1860 November-December
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Betti (?), Memphis, to Mrs. Ro. Blankenship, Office of the Old Dominion Nail Works, Richmond, Virginia, 1860 December 24

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 35
Identifier: id93722
Scope and Contents

Letter to Katie Millington Blakenship describing the hard times and social news. Card.

Dates: 1860 December 24
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Orville R. Early, Memphis, Tennessee, to B.D. Nabers, 1861 January 17

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 36
Identifier: id93723
Scope and Contents

A bank check.

Dates: 1861 January 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Bettie Millington, Memphis, to Katie (Mrs. Kate Millington Blankenship), 1861 January 17

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 37
Identifier: id93724
Scope and Contents

Family news; endorsement: "send to Hills."

Dates: 1861 January 17
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Emily Mary Bates, Croydon, Surrey, England, to her father, John Millington, 1861 January 18

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 38
Identifier: id93725
Scope and Contents

Regarding her life in England.

Dates: 1861 January 18
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

John C. Phillips, Chicago, Illinois, to John Millington, 1861 January 26

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 39
Identifier: id93726
Scope and Contents

Regarding an eight month trip around Pike's Peak in Colorado prospecting for gold and other minerals; and offering his services to the South in the event of a war.

Dates: 1861 January 26
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

John Millington, Memphis, Tennessee, to his daughter, Kate, Mrs. Ro. Blankenship, Old Dominion Nail Works, Richmond, Virginia, 1861 January-December

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 40
Identifier: id93727
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Regarding hope of a war between England and the United States in order to take the pressure off the South; buying blankets and overcoats for Southern soldiers; the formation of the Confederacy under Jefferson Davis; the progress of the war; the defeat of the "grand army" in its attempt to take Richmond; concern for his house in Williamsburg; the threat of an attack on Memphis.

Dates: 1861 January-December
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Promissory note of Harriett Carr, Memphis, Tennessee, to Newton Marley, 1861 February 23

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 41
Identifier: id93728
Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters and papers of John Millington record his move to the newly opened University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, 1850, and to the Medical College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1853. From this period came an order for payment for engineering services to the Mississippi Central Railroad, a copy of a medical address pritned in the Memphis Daily Bulletin, and letters from Williamsburg, Virginia, where he still owned a house, 1855-1858. A letter written by John C. Phillips after an eight month...
Dates: 1861 February 23
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

John Millington, Memphis, Tennessee, to Robert Saunders, 1861 June 18

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 42
Identifier: id93729
Scope and Contents

Endorsement: "enquiry into state of affairs in Williamsburg, Va...."

Dates: 1861 June 18
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

John Millington, Memphis, to Robert Blankenship, Old Dominion Nail Works Office, Richmond, Virginia, 1861 June-October

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 43
Identifier: id93730
Scope and Contents

Regarding threat of the Federal army at Cairy; hope for a return to peace; the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Blankenship.

Dates: 1861 June-October
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

John Millington in accord with George B. Millington, Memphis, 1861 July 1

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 44
Identifier: id93731
Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters and papers of John Millington record his move to the newly opened University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, 1850, and to the Medical College, Memphis, Tennessee, 1853. From this period came an order for payment for engineering services to the Mississippi Central Railroad, a copy of a medical address pritned in the Memphis Daily Bulletin, and letters from Williamsburg, Virginia, where he still owned a house, 1855-1858. A letter written by John C. Phillips after an eight month...
Dates: 1861 July 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

John Millington, Memphis, Tennessee, to Mrs. Millington, care of Robert Blankenship, Old Dominion Nail Works, Richmond, Virginia, 1861 October 3

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 45
Identifier: id93732
Scope and Contents

Regarding her visit to her daughter; 2 bad fires in Memphis; the army that is being formed; high prices. Card.

Dates: 1861 October 3
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Robert E. Blankenship, Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia, to Mrs. Robert E. Blankenship, care of Wm. S. Triplett, Richmond, Virginia, 1861 October 18

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 46
Identifier: id93733
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Regarding a business trip made by rail through Manassas, behind the Confederate lines.

Dates: 1861 October 18
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

John Millington, Memphis, Tennesee, to his daughter, Kate, Mrs. Robert Blankenship, Richmond, Virginia, 1862 January-April

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 47
Identifier: id93734
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Regarding inauguration of President Davis on 22 February; hope that the British will lift the blockade and perhaps declare war on the North; the capture of a part of the railroad line by the Northerners; Tennessee Legislature has fled from Nashville to Memphis; hope to return to Williamsburg; then purchase a 220 acre plantation at La Grange, Tennessee.

Dates: 1862 January-April
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2

Miss E.G. Gatliff, Campbell-Hall, to John Millington, 1839 April 18

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 75a
Identifier: id93684
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Regarding her students seeing the College.

Dates: 1839 April 18
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Sketches (of the life of), letters, and papers of John Millington / Box 2 / Robert Hare, Philadelphia, to John Millington, professor at Williamsburg, Virginia

Revd Servant Jones, (Williamsburg?), to John Millington, (Williamsburg, Va.?), 1847 April 27

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 94a
Identifier: id93685
Scope and Contents

Enclosing a sermon for the funeral of Mr. Letts.

Dates: 1847 April 27
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Sketches (of the life of), letters, and papers of John Millington / Box 2 / Deed of Trust agreement between William Carter, William S. Peachy, and Sheldon & Maupin

T.C. Millington, Philadelphia, to his father, John Millington, 1853 January 21

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: id93815
Scope and Contents

Regarding family affairs; copies of the new Illustrated Papers; and his life in Philadelphia.

Dates: 1853 January 21
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2 / T.C. Millington Letters

T.C. Millington, Philadelphia, to his father, John Millington, University, Oxford, Lafayette Co., Mississippi, 1853 February 14

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Identifier: id93816
Scope and Contents

Regarding an engraving to be made; enclosing a syllabus of the Chemical Institute; he has joined the Sons of Temperance.

Dates: 1853 February 14
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / John Millington Papers / Letters and papers of John Millington / Box 2 / T.C. Millington Letters