Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1645-1917, of the Gardiner family, the Gilmer family, the family of St. George Tucker (1828-1863) and miscellaneous other people unrelated to the Tylers, Tuckers, Gilmers, or Gardiners. Boxes I-III contain papers (many are typescript copies) of the Gardiner family of New York. Include letters of Juliana McLachlan Gardiner, her sons David Lyon Gardiner, Alexander Gardiner and daughter Margaret Gardiner Beeckman. Boxes IV-V contain papers, 1814-1842, of the...

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Signed by John L. Thompson, J.P., Hanover County, Virginia, filed by Jane Matilda Grenier. Gives testimony to the many brutal physical and mental abuses she suffered from her husband, Edward Grenier. 4 pp. DS.

Scope and Contents Thanks her for her letter; mentions their long friendship and the love and esteem his wife held for her [Mrs. Pegram]; laments being unable to visit her more often; cannot decide what permanent arrangements to make with his family given the unsettled condition of the country; James Gordon has been at his [WJR's] house since the commencement of the term of the court; already know of the situation with Mr. Minor and Mr. Nelson; recent military reverses have caused much uneasiness in Richmond;...

Scope and Contents Mentions the tremendous noise of the Yankee cannons; the men are panting for an encounter with the Yankees and they hope to make "old York a spot more memorable for Yankee defeat than it has been for Cornwallis; with God protecting them [Confederates] they cannot possibly loose; notes that crops are poor; mentions the loss of Negroes due to Yankee liberation; his neighbor, Dr. Byrd, wants to be put in the Yankee controlled Fort Lafayette until the end of the war so he can be left in peace....

Scope and Contents Thanks him for his letter and his graceful and appropriate tribute to his [WAC's] brother's [Abram's] memory; he [WAC] was quite close to hi sbrother as he [Abram] fell in the fight at Richmond; believes that no "person braver...has fallen in this war;" spent time with his [WAC's] cousin Charles Bruce who was mortally wounded; was put on the operating corps and hopes to remain on it after having seen so much awkward, nervous surgery; was scratched while operating and the pain resulting from...

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See Misc. Mss. Oversize file. 1 p. Pst. of Nws.

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Signed by John Gibbon, Major General at Appomattox, Virginia "the two others being retained by Lieutenant General Grant and General Lee." 1 p. DS.

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Wishes to renew their correspondence which the "unhallowed war" interrupted; bemoans having no contact with the civilized world and no luxuries and enjoyments to which they were so accustomed before the war; mentions the death of "poor little Nannie;" he [CLC's] has returned from the army; worked with the Fire Department and fell ill while so doing; his health remains delicate; offers sympathy regarding the death of their Aunt Sarah. 4 pp. ALS.

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Newspaper clipping concerning the false rumor that Jefferson Davis attempted to flee Colonel Pritchard's squadron by disguising himself in a woman's petticoat. Two letters to the editor, one written by Audi Alterman Partem and the other by Rev. Dr. Fuller, both seek to dispell the rumors. 1 p. Nwscl.

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Would like to hear from her as it has been a long time since he has and he would like to know how she is. 1 p. ALS.

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Wages stipulated by Henry to pay are 150 cents per week; requests that he [JY] retain any money thus far received and wait for a draft from him [BD]; expects to hire late in the fall; desires a quick response and "every information respecting my old man, if he proves faithful until he raises me the sum of one hundred and sixty dollars;" hoped to receive information of Harry by Mr. [?] but was disappointed; wishes to hear what course Dixon is pursuing. 2 pp. ALS. [incomplete] 1800's

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Written by a "Veteran Diplomat" concerning a childless widower Baron named George Washington who is considering naming one of his Wahington relatives in America as heir to his fortunes. See Misc. Mss. Oversize file. 1 p. Pst. of PM.

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Concerns the beginnings of the Presbyterian Church in America. This article relates to Rev. Samuel McMaster whose manuscripts covering the Church's beginnings were probably destroyed when a family burned his papers thinking they were worthless. See Misc. Mss. Oversize file. 2 pp. PM.

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Resolution, "that the United Confederate Veterans, in Convention assembled at Atlanta, Georgia, this September 7, 1933, hereby pledge the fealty of the Southern Soldier to the President of the United States of America, Franklin Delano Roosevelt," signed by Homer Atkinson, Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans. See Misc. Mss. Oversize file. 1 p. D.

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"The law of homicide - The Revised Code;" Commonwealth vs. Vaughn. Defines homicide and distinguishes between homicide and first degree murder and sets up a case proving that Vaughn murdered premeditatively. 3 pp. D.

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Dueling agreement between A.B. [?] and C.D. [?]. "The ground is to be ten steps;" is either party violates the agreed terms then the second of the party injured shall have the liberty of shooting the person so injurying. 1 p. D.

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Enclosed items are rich and were found while overhauling the late collector William's papers; sent by intimation of Governor Morton; Bancroft refused "to receive a call or have an interview with Governor Morton." 1 p. ALS.

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Mentions her cousin John Tyler. 3 pp. ALS [incomplete].

Scope and Contents "the champions of the circus and the amphi-theatre practised habits of scrupulous and rigid temperature...winning temporary applause as wrestler or gladiators, but the Christian sect actuat[ed] by more intellectual and spiritual motives should practise the same habits to attain those higher and holier ends of virtue, peace, happiness...which rid [life] of all its terrors and shed the bright beams of hope on the [bleak] chasm of eternity;" urges people to aid temperance societies in their...

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"No tyrannous acts shall suppress your free claim / Or stamp the word SLAVE on America's name." 1 p. Pst. of D.

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Letter of recommendation for Dr. C.F. Caracristi telling of his [CFC] great knowledge of the sulphur deposits of El Paso County and he has had experience in Mexican mining matters. 1 p. Ph. of TLS. Includes Ph of ALS 1 p. February 25, 1917. Enrique Creel, New York to "sirs" of Charles E. Doddridge and Company, Philadelphia. Gives his highest recommendation of Dr. C.F. Caracristi's knowledge and judgement of mineral matters.