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A single 10 page letter from a member of the Vermont Brigade describing the Battle of Dam No.1, specifically the Brigade's action during the Peninsula Campaign on April 16, 1862.

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A 2 page letter sent by Andrew P. Duggan from Fort Dodge Kansas, likely to Charles "Patty" Gill, describing an Indian ambush on Company H.

Content Description 8 pages, 1 campaign poster, 2 photos, 2 postcards, and 8 Christmas cards. The three letter pages from 1972 were sent by James Edward Harrison, the rest appears to have been sent to him. The postcards are signed "Baker," and the letter from York House marked "private" is signed "Godfrey Thomas." The Christmas cards are all from Cliveden and contain prints, one of which is a family portrait. The campaign poster is for the Parliamentary Bye-Election of 1919 and is signed by Lady Astor with a...

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Very short letter where Lady Astor asks for a copy of Col. Thomas Lawrence's new book.

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One journal with 72 pages, and a typed 8 page personal account of WWII experiences written by William A. McGonigle. Two photographs; a cut-out year book page with his image. Scans of three military service forms; one original list of combat missions.

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A single letter regarding the movement of raiders around Schenectady. (Possible derogatory descriptions of Native Americans.)

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A single four page letter from Sergeant John R. Guthrie remarking upon the food, pay, and medical conditions with Camp Heintzelman's Corps. Written on letter sheet with a stamp featuring General McClellan. (Derogatory language directed towards the enslaved.)

Content Description One diary with two hundred and seventy one pages, six educational certificates, two letters, one photograph, and six photograph postcards. Arthur Henry Snyder taught at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, PA, a facility for juvenile offenders located south of Harrisburg, PA. The diary has entries from January 1, 1968 through November 29, 1972, most of which focus on Snyder's work with the Correctional Institution. There is an entry on April 8, 1968, that mentions a memorial...