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A.B. Renker Letter 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Renker, A. B.
This collection cotains a letter from A. B. Renker, a cotton broker from Lynchburg Va., to a Mr. Samuel G. Murphy of Richmond. Renker informs Mr. Murphy that the people who purchased the cotton had an issue with the price quality of the cotton and that they were refusing to pay unless they recieved a discount on the product.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Adelaide Colcock Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Colcock, Adelaide, 1858-1946
The collection contains letters written to Adelaide Colcock from 1863 through c.1870, including five during the American Civil War. Collection includes three letters from her father, William F. Colcock, a prominent lawyer and member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, two letters from her sister Minnie, and one from her cousin Charles Colcock. The first letter from "Bubber Charlie" states, "The Yankees are a very bad people and won't let us alone." Adelaide Colcock was born September 3, 1858 and died August 1946.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Adin B. Underwood Papers, 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Underwood, Adin B. (Adin Ballou)
This collection comprises the papers of Brigader General Adin. B Underwood. The papers contain photocopies of Civil War-era correspondence written to Underwood by his wife and sister-in-law and Underwood's written requests to his superiors for leave from duty. The collection also consists of Underwood's pension records, his pay and muster sheets from his time in the Union Army, and his wife's applications for a widow's pension after his death in 1888. This collection includes a short history of the Thirty-Third Massachusetts Infantry, Union Army, a unit with which Underwood served during the Civil War.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Albert N. Hubbard Letter 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Hubbard, Albert Newell, 1833-1905
The Albert N. Hubbard Letter is a diary-style letter that contains information pertaining to fighting and traveling through the Shenandoah Valley, including New Market, Woodstock, Harrisonburg, and Staunton. The letter was written in Martinsburg, Virginia, and sent back to Hubbard's home in Windsor, Massachusetts.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Wall, Alexander Floyd, 1826-1899
This collection consists of letters from Alexander Floyd Wall to Waddy Thompson James, describing conditions on his farm during the American Civil War, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of people who were enslaved. The collection also includes one letter from James to his wife Jennie, written from Camp Belcher in Richmond, Virginia, on October 4, 1861, and biographical and military information about James and his career as a soldier.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Alfred L. Mantor Diary, 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Mantor, Alfred L., abt. 1836(?)-1864
The collection contains the Civil War diary of Alfred Mantor, a corporal (and later sergeant) with "C" Company of the 27th Massachusetts Infantry. Mantor's diary covers January through April of 1864, shortly before he was killed in action in May. Entries focus on his regiment's activities, as well as his personal experiences teaching Sunday school in the Norfolk, Virginia, area.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Alonzo D. Cushing Letters 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Cushing, Alonzo D., 1819-1883
This collection contains letters written by Alonzo D. Cushing of the 15th Maine Infantry during the American Civil War, written from Pensacola, Florida; New Orleans; and Readville, Massachusetts.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Amon W. Updike Correspondence 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Updike, Amon W., d. 1865 (53rd Virginia Regiment, Bartons Brigade)
The Amon W. Updike Correspondence consists of photocopies of five letters from Updike while camped in New Kent, Chesterfield, and Henrico counties, Virginia, to his sister, Phebe Arthur, during the American Civil War. Also included are photocopies of letters from Phebe Arthur to her husband Henry, letters from Henry to Phebe and to other family members, and a letter from J.O. Hensley, Arthur's captain, informing Phebe of her husband's death.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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