Death
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Death Announcement of A. P. Lee
Collection
Identifier: SC 01536
Scope and Contents
Black-edged death announcement of A. P. Lee. Notes that he died on October 23 "while on a visit in Port Lavaca, Texas" at the residence of A. W. Canfield, Esq., after being ill for two weeks. Emphasizes the importance of Christianity and life after death.
Dates:
1866 October 23
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
John D. Rockefeller Jr. Letter
Collection — Small Collections Box 125, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 01779
Content Description
A letter from John D. Rockefeller Jr. to William C. Bitting Jr. relaying his condolences on the passing of Mr. Bitting's father. A sheet of stationary is pasted to the back of the letter with a drawing of steamship in the left top corner, and the words "On Board Cunard 'Laconia'" on the top right.
Dates:
March 2, 1931
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Mollie McWills Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 01353
Content Description
Four page letter from Mollie McWills to her family in Stump, Virginia regarding the news of the death of brother Andy and friend Fronia about the same time.
Dates:
1891 September 15
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Tabb Family Letters and Typescripts
Collection
Identifier: SC 01468
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten letters with accompanying typescripts detailing the circumstances of the death of George Tabb by gunshot wound caused by a Mr. Sovereign. The shooting was over a business transaction dispute concerning cattle. Tabb was shot at Fort Sumner in Texas and brought to Las Vegas for treatment of his wounds. Initially, his wounds were not grave, but by the time he arrived in Las Vegas to see a doctor, infection had spread and he died shortly thereafter.
The letters are both...
Dates:
1872 and undated
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center