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A letter from Biddle Boggs to Mrs. B. Miller discussing the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Content Description Collection contains correspondence and a single photograph of Courtland Way Starr. Correspondence contains accounts from soldier Courtland Way Starr to mother in Long Island N.Y. Corrrespondence includes accounts from Harrisburg PA on June 26, 1863, recounting his experiences in the army and with the 23rd Regiment of Brooklyn. Letter to mother on July 5, 1863, from Laurel Ford in Pennsylvania describes the exhaustive, cold conditions and the harsh realities of army life. Letter to Mother...

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Print of German and English language political cartoon on newsprint by George Colt satirizing William & Mary's efforts to seek restitution from damages to campus sustained during the Civil War. In 1893 the U.S. government paid William & Mary for damages. The College is depicted as a "rebel claims monster." The print is undated, but was likely printed between 1890-1895.

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1862 Civil War map of Gloucester Point, Virginia signed by William H. Powers and Henry Andrew Black.

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One, single poster titled "Lincoln at Springfield: January, 1859. A Three Act Play by Louis E. Catron of Springfield." Presented by Lincolnland Drama Festival, and held at the Thorne Deuel Auditorium Illinois State Museum.