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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. Jefferson Davis letters to Marcus J. Wright, 1875-1887.

Title: Jefferson Davis letters to Marcus J. Wright, 1875-1887.

Consists of nine letters, dating from 18 January 1875 to 29 January 1887, by Jefferson Davis to Marcus J. Wright; two are autograph letters signed and seven are typed copies. The letters discuss various aspects of the Civil War, including military records, casualties, troop movements, and decisions made. In the letter of 29 January 1887, Davis thanks Wright for sending him a copy of the Memoirs of Robert E. Lee and takes issue with several assertions made in the book.

ArchivalResource: 9 items (0.1 linear feet)

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Murray, J. Ogden. Papers, 1872-1915.

Title: Papers, 1872-1915.

Letters, 1885-1915, written to J. Ogden Murray, chiefly concerning his book about the Immortal Six Hundred, and including as correspondents William Edwin Allen (of Bristol, Va., concerning his father, Alphonso S. Allen, a prisoner at Johnson's Island, including names of other prisoners), Jay Guy Cisco (Tennessee newspaper editor, concerning Tennessee politics ca. 1908-1909), T.S. Doyle (of Staunton and Basic City, Va., concerning his prison experiences, especially the education he received from fellow prisoners), historian Lamar Fontaine (of Lyon, Miss., concerning his views on Abraham Lincoln), Junius L. Hempstead (of Jennings and New Orleans, La., concerning Confederate veterans' affairs), Stephen D. Lee (of Columbus, Miss., concerning sources for information on death rates among Confederate prisoners), and historian Marcus J. Wright; minutes, 1905-1906, of the Society of the Immortal Six Hundred and miscellaneous papers, 1886-1914, pertaining to Murray's membership in other veterans' groups; and writings about Civil War subjects by Murray, including essays on Confederate soldiery, Robert E. Lee, and the history of Winchester, Va., and Civil War reminiscences and diaries of Murray, Junius L. Hempstead, Samuel Thompson Anderson, and others.

ArchivalResource: 416 items.

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Wright, Marcus J. (Marcus Joseph), 1831-1922. Papers, 1864-1951.

Title: Papers, 1864-1951.

Personal, family, and Civil War papers, including correspondence relating to Wright's request for Civil War military records and documents and photographs on the careers of John W. Frazer, Samuel G. French, and James I. Waddell, memoirs, and other biographical material. Correspondents include Lafayette McLaws and William Henry Wallace.

ArchivalResource: 192 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20188598 View

Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers

Title: Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers

Primarily professional correspondence of biographer and editor M. A. De Wolfe Howe.

ArchivalResource: 35 boxes (9 linear feet)

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Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916. Correspondence, 1904.

Title: Correspondence, 1904.

Letter to Harold G. Rugg sending his autograph and commenting on Civil War; typed extract of a letter to William Cochrane commenting on Rugg's letter; copy of letter from Marcus Wright on Mosby's role in Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 7 items ; 28 cm. or smaller.

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Law, Evander McIvor, 1836-1920. Letter, 1910 September 27 to General Marcus J. Wright.

Title: Letter, 1910 September 27 to General Marcus J. Wright.

Inquiry into the availability of a position as commissioner in charge of marking the graves of Confederate soldiers.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11412944 View

Cumming, Kate, 1835-1909. Papers, 1795-1909.

Title: Papers, 1795-1909.

The bulk of this collection is composed of handwritten manuscripts of Kate Cummmings work, including "Gleanings from Southland," The Bostonians," and "Rose of Elgin." Some of her essays included in this collection include "Moral Training in Public Schools," "Tale of the South," and "Sir Walter Scott." The collection also includes correspondence dating from 1795 to 1908 concerning subjects such as shipping, family genealogy, family matters, the Civil War, and Reconstruction matters. Of particular interest are letters from Mary Randolph Custis Lee, discussing her views of the Southern cause and atrocities committed during the war. Mrs. Lee's letters also discuss the struggle of finding a photograph of her husband, General Robert E. Lee and his health. There is also one letter from Jefferson Davis thanking Kate for her book. Additional correspondents include General Steven D. Lee, Silas McBee, Dr. L. H. Stout (former surgeon for the Hospital of the Army of Tennessee), and General Marcus Wright. There are also a few letters written to Kate from family members living in Australia. The collection also contains Cumming family financial records and some Confederate material and ephemera. The collection also has diaries of Kate, her family and others, dating from 1844-1900. These tend to be rather sketchy in the information provided in them. There is also an arithmetic book (1813) which belonged to Kate's father, David.

ArchivalResource: 3.33 cubic feet (2 records center cartons, 1 archives box, 1 oversized box).

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Armsby, James H., 1809-1875,. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1787-1914.

Title: American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1787-1914.

Material collected by Hench, some as an autograph collection and others for use in his classes at the University of Virginia with examples of various periods. Modern autographs collected by Hench include letters by associates of Edgar Allan Poe; Civil War letters; papers relating to Virginia history; correspondence of writers and politicians, particularly from the Victorian era; and other miscellaneous correspondence with literary or histocial interest. Gerald Massey writes to Osgood & Co. and [James T.?] Fields on book sales, a publishing venture and American lectures. Dabney Herndon Maury sends an autograph and writes to the Piedmont & Arlington Life Insurance Company on a business matter and expressing concern on the business situation in New Orleans. Matthew Fontaine Maury to James H. Armsby, Bond & Son, and John D. Simms accepts an invitation to visit the Dudley Observator and Meet O. M. Mitchell, reports on the trial of varaious chronometers and recommends an appointment. Letters of Mary Russell Mitford to William Cox Bennett, Frances Trollop and others criticize the work of Henry Chorley and John Hughes, discusses her "Recollections of a literary life...."; solicit the patronage of Lord Nugent; recommends Bennett to Mrs. Acton Tindal, describes a packet containing work by John Greenleaf Whittier and Oliver Wendell Holmes; a bad fall suffered by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; a production of her play by [Charles?] Kemble; and mentioning Digby Starkey, the widow of Eliot Warburton, Joseph Hume. Letters of John S. Mosby to Eben Swift and Marcus J. Wright discuss Civil War incidents including his "closest call" and the objective of Pleasonton's attacks on Stuart at Brandy Station together with an autograph and a signed photograph. Also a letter of John Ware Mosby to George S. Palmer arranging a safe conduct pass for Mosby in May of 1865 so he can obtain a parole from General Halleck. Letters of his sister Victoria P. Mosby convey Richmond social news of 1842. Letters of Charles Eliot Norton to Dana Estes, C. C. Hazewell, Oliver Johnson, Andrew P. Peabody, Winslow Warren and others are chiefly brief social and business notes but include a letter about an archaelogical dig in Cotrone, Italy, conducted by Berlingieri and Clarke. Single letters of interest include Miles D. McAlester to Erasmus D. Keyes, 1862 August 25 concerning work parties for fortifications at Yorktown; W. Gordon McCabe to John Esten Cooke on a literary notice for a novel; Henry McKenzie to [Thomas?] Cadell on sales of "The Lounger"; Katharine Sarah Gadsden Macquoid to Roberts Brothers on the publication of "Dolly's grandfathers" in the U. S.; William H. McGuffey declining a request. Also William C. Macready to Mary Russell Mitford on publishing her play and his performance in "Julian"; Richard Kidder Meade to Samuel Pickens on the sale of Alabama land; James Montgomery sending thanks for a musical composition; Samuel McDowell Moore to John Letcher, 1861 September 3, on poor condition of roads which will hinder army transport and volunteering to supervise repair if given supplies and slave labor. Robert Nares to Thomas Cadell the Younger and reply on proofs for the completion of Macklin's Bible, together with engraving of Nares; and Yoné Noguchi to Madison Cawein on an evening with Joaquin Miller. The collection also contains an autograph of Joaquin Miller; a fragment by James Monroe on the acquisition of Florida.

ArchivalResource: circa 52 items.

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Bland, Theodorick, 1742-1790. Letters pertaining to Virginia [manuscript], 1779-1955.

Title: Letters pertaining to Virginia [manuscript], 1779-1955.

In a letter, 1779, Col. Theodorick Bland orders provisions. In letters, 1915, & n.d., John S. Mosby writes to Gen. Marcus Wright asking for publication dates on "the vols. of the record" relating to the Gettysburg Campaign," and to Glen Walton Blodgett re a lecture in Buffalo, his friendship with Pres. Grant and his meeting with Gen. Sheridan. In a letter, 1939, Ellen Glasgow, Richmond, Va., writes to Virginia Watson, thanking her for a pillow. In a letter, 1955, Ophelia, Va., James Branch Cabell writes to Hudson Strode, to ask him to visit and to promise him a copy of Cabell's latest book.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Confederacy in the Civil War, collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01500/catalog View

Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916. Letters, 1887-1894.

Title: Letters, 1887-1894.

Copies of letters (1887-94) from Mosby to Marcus J. Wright, a former Confederate general who helped to compile "The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies," concerning Mosby's papers, wartime controversies, and his writing about his guerrilla operations.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

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Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931.

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication

Reader reports on manuscripts submitted for review and potential publicationby Houghton Mifflin Company.

ArchivalResource: 103 boxes, 1 volume (130 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01623/catalog View

Wright, Marcus J. (Marcus Joseph), 1831-1922. Papers of Marcus Joseph Wright, 1872-1901.

Title: Papers of Marcus Joseph Wright, 1872-1901.

The collection contains an annotated carbon copy, 1911, of Wright's manuscript of "General officers of the Confederate Army"; a letter, 1872 March 14, Braxton Bragg to Wright re his appointments to the Confederate Army; a letter, 1880 August 3, Wright to George Washington Custis Lee seeking assistance in obtaining some Robert E. Lee papers held by Charles Marshall; and a letter, 1880 August 24, G.W.C. Lee to Marshall explaining he informed Wright that Marshall needed his Robert E. Lee papers for his own historical research. With these is Ezra J. Warner's annotated copy of "General officers of the Confederate Army" used for his own 1959 study, "Generals in gray."

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

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Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

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Mickle, William E. (William English), 1846-1920. Papers, 1863-1903.

Title: Papers, 1863-1903.

Letters, a printed circular, and other items.

ArchivalResource: 37 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173863012 View

Briefs, 1843-1904

Title: Briefs, 1843-1904

This 14-volume collection of briefs, arguments, and court documents was collected by Judge E.S. Hammond (W.D. Tenn.) over the course of his career at the bar and on the bench.

ArchivalResource: 3 Paige boxes

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Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799. Virginia letters [manuscript] 1799-1878.

Title: Virginia letters [manuscript] 1799-1878.

Letter, 1799 Jan. 13, Archibald Blair, Richmond, to Patrick Henry containing remarks on the young men and politics of the day, and urging Henry to run for the legislature. Letter, 1861 April 24, Richmond, Roger Atkinson Pryor to John Letcher Gov. of Va., tendering his services to Va. Letter, 1878 Jan. 2, Jubal Anderson Early, Lynchburg, Va., to Marcus Joseph Wright concerning the Mine Run affair report.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet collection, 1766-1935

Title: Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet collection 1766-1935

The Richard John Levy and Sally Waldman Sweet Collection contains letters and documents signed by prominent political figures, military leaders, authors and scientists. The date span of the collection is from 1766-1935. Notable individuals include Susan B. Anthony, Robert Browning, Henry Clay, Charles Darwin, George Gissing, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, James Monroe, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George Washington, Daniel Webster and Woodrow Wilson.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/4809 View

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Bobick, Bridget. Confederate collection.

Title: Confederate collection. ca. 1861-1987.

These are various items gathered in one collection because provenance is not apparent and the theme of these materials is the Confederate government and army of the Civil War. Included are Confederate bank notes, a term paper written about four Confederate statues in the West Georgia region, and a pamphlet authored by Marcus J. Wright called "Story of the Confederacy as told by the Records of their Government." All items are contained in one folder. The bank notes, dated 1861 and 1862, are encased in plastic sleeves. The Marcus Wright pamphlet is stamped with Sanford Library so at one time presumably was in the college's library collection. The term paper was written by Bridget Bobick and there is a note that it was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Younger Scholar Program.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/265024791 View

Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Willard" to "Yorke".

Title: Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Willard" to "Yorke".

Includes letters to Hay and to members of his family.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 6,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122599292 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Lomax, Lunsford Lindsay, 1835-1913. Letter, May 5, Washington, D.C., to H.G. Rugg.

Title: Letter, May 5, Washington, D.C., to H.G. Rugg. [19--]

Sends his autograph, and that of Marcus J. Wright.

ArchivalResource: [2] leaves ; 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9318438 View

McCrary, George Washington, 1835-1890. Letters and papers of George W. McCrary [microform]

Title: Letters and papers of George W. McCrary [microform]

Letters, papers, and newspaper clippings concerning his life in Washington and his work as a judge. Includes materials in a scrapbook devoted to memorials and tributes from different organizations and individuals after his death. "The Everyday File," 96 letters, in alphabetical order, received during McCrary's service as a cabinet member in Washington, D.C. 11 additional letters similar to those found in "The Everyday File" with pamphlets: "The Electoral Count," a reprint from the Congressional Record, January 25, 1877 and "The Tennessee River Improvement" by Marcus J. Wright, reprinted from the Nashville Daily American, January 24, 1880. Includes McCrary's obituaries in various Kansas City newspapers, funeral memorials, and telegrams of condolences.

ArchivalResource:

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Wright, Marcus Joseph, 1831-1922. Letter, July 7, 1864.

Title: Letter, July 7, 1864.

Letter to an unidentified doctor urging him to order that hospital bunks be left behind during the evacuation of Atlanta.

ArchivalResource: 1 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477282755 View

Gilmore, James R. (James Roberts), 1822-1903. James Roberts Gilmore collection, 1820-1903.

Title: James Roberts Gilmore collection, 1820-1903.

The collection consists of autograph letters of statesmen, literary figures, and public men and women, spanning 1820-1903. There are approximately 1200 items in the collection, some assembled in seven scrapbooks.

ArchivalResource: 2.9 linear ft. (5 document boxes, 4 flat boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48394071 View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Confederacy in the Civil War, collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01500/catalog View

Williams, Samuel Cole, 1864-1947. Samuel Cole Williams papers, 1911-1947.

Title: Samuel Cole Williams papers, 1911-1947.

The collection consists of the papers of Samuel Cole Williams from 1911-1947. The papers include correspondence, clippings, photographs, printed material, manuscripts, and a map. Letters concern his historical writings, Tennessee history, and genealogy; clippings are of book reviews, his writings, and his judicial career; photographs are of Plum Grove, home of John Sevier, Fort Loudoun, J.T. Wilder, and Marcus J. Wright; manuscripts (some typescripts) are of William's research and writing; the map (1815) is of Marion County, South Carolina.

ArchivalResource: .125 linear ft. : (1 partial box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81916055 View

Archer, William Segar, 1789-1855,. Argosy collection [manuscript], 1795-1893.

Title: Argosy collection [manuscript], 1795-1893.

Letters, papers, portraits of Revolutionary and nineteenth century statesmen. Subjects dealt with in the letters include slavery, the currency question, agriculture, land grants, politics and government, the silver question, education, and religion.

ArchivalResource: 103 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647893815 View

Wright, John Vines, 1828-1908. Letter, 1855 Dec. 16.

Title: Letter, 1855 Dec. 16.

Letter (with typed transcript) from Wright to his brother, Marcus Joseph Wright, discussing the Know Nothing Party (American Party) and political figures in Washington, D.C.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70941689 View

Filler, Armistead T. M. Armistead T. M. Filler Papers, 1796-1945.

Title: Armistead T. M. Filler Papers, 1796-1945.

Collection contains personal and official correspondence, business papers, and family records. Much of the business correspondence deals with the sale and purchase of guano and the financial affairs of "Linden," the Filler estate. Filler was a livestock speculator, had interests in the marble business, silver mines, and livestock insurance. Included are letters from Woodrow Wilson, J.K. Vardaman, Gen. Marcus Wright, McAdoo, and other prominent national figures. There is also a manuscript account of the cavalry battle of Traveler's Station.

ArchivalResource: 4821 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38991310 View

Andrew, John A. (John Albion), 1818-1867,. Lee family papers [microform] 1652 [1769-1870] 1890.

Title: Lee family papers [microform] 1652 [1769-1870] 1890.

Correspondence, accounts, deeds, and legal documents. Letterbooks, 1769-1771, 1775-1776, & 1793-1795, of William Lee, a partner in deBendt & Sayre, London, comprise the bulk of the collection. Letters to business associates primarily discuss the tobacco trade. Letters to his brothers Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee contain frequent political commentary on events in England & the colonies, and mention most of the prominent revolutionary Virginia leaders as well as their Parliamentary supporters. In addition to the letterbooks there are genealogies, deeds, indentures, wills, and other legal documents, correspondence of family members including many of Robert Edward Lee and other Civil War leaders. Correspondents include John Albion Andrew, Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, John James Beckley, Francis Preston Blair, Braxton Bragg, John Cabell Breckenridge, Ambrose Everett Burnside, Nathaniel Burwell, Benjamin Franklin Butler, Nathaniel Francis Cabell, William Daniel Cabell, Landon Carter, Robert Wormeley Carter, Salmon Portland Chase, Samuel Cooper, Hannah Lee Corbin, Richard Corbin, Henry Knox Craig, Jefferson Davis, Jubal Anderson Early, Richard Stoddert Ewell, Thomas Fairfax, George Gibson, Josiah Gorgas, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Nathanael Greene, Henry Heth, Daniel Harvey Hill, John Bell Hood, Joseph Hooker, Oliver Otis Howard, Benjamin Huger, William Irvine, Thomas S. Thomas Sidney Jesup, Andrew Johnson, Edward Johnson, Robert Underwood Johnson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. Sidney Lanier, Arthur Lee, Charles Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, Mary Ann Randolph Custis Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Thomas Lee, John Letcher, Abraham Lincoln, James Longstreet, William Mahone, George Brinton McClellan, Lafayette McLaws, George Mason, George Gordon Meade, Robert Carter Nicholas, Edward Follansbee Noyes, George Edward Pickett, Franklin Pierce, Alfred Pleasonton, Roger Atkinson Pryor, George Wythe Randolph, John Cook Rives, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Comte de Rochambeau, Winfield Scott, Philip Henry Sheridan, William Tecumseh Sherman, William Shippen, Edmund Kirby Smith, William Smith, James Ewell Brown Stuart, Andrew Talcott, Lorenzo Thomas, Robert Augustus Toombs, Jonathan Trumbull, David Emanuel Twiggs, Zebulon Baird Vance, George Washington, John Wentworth, John Henry Winder, Henry Alexander Wise, John Ellis Wool, and Marcus Joseph Wright.

ArchivalResource: 2 microfilm reels.

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Wright, Marcus J. (Marcus Joseph), 1831-1922. Papers of Marcus Joseph Wright, 1872-1901.

Title: Papers of Marcus Joseph Wright, 1872-1901.

The collection contains an annotated carbon copy, 1911, of Wright's manuscript of "General officers of the Confederate Army"; a letter, 1872 March 14, Braxton Bragg to Wright re his appointments to the Confederate Army; a letter, 1880 August 3, Wright to George Washington Custis Lee seeking assistance in obtaining some Robert E. Lee papers held by Charles Marshall; and a letter, 1880 August 24, G.W.C. Lee to Marshall explaining he informed Wright that Marshall needed his Robert E. Lee papers for his own historical research. With these is Ezra J. Warner's annotated copy of "General officers of the Confederate Army" used for his own 1959 study, "Generals in gray."

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32958249 View

Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

Title: Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15.5 boxes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01442/catalog View

Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908. Ellison Capers papers, 1862-1901.

Title: Ellison Capers papers, 1862-1901.

Chiefly military news and personal correspondence with Civil War veterans collecting information on Capers' regiment, 24th S.C. Volunteers; regiment rolls and correspondence with L.W. Crawford, re Crawford's work on Fort Sumter, S.C.; letter, 8 Feb. 1861, Fort Morris, Morris Island, S.C., to Col. J[ames] J[ohnston] Pettigrew, re ammunition and supplies, continuation of bombardment, and preparations to attack Fort Sumter. Letter, 26 June 1862, Camp Capers, Saint Paul's Parish, S.C., from R[ichard] Y[eadon] Dwight, Hol[comb] Legion S.C. volunteers, re his field leadership; Battle of Secessionville, S.C.; inaccurate reports from James Island, S.C.; defense of Charleston, S.C.; attitude toward the Civil War; and news of family and friends. Letter, 17 May 1863, Madison County, Miss., to his wife, re wounds sustained at Jackson, Miss; letter, 15 Aug. 1879, Reevesville, S.C., from R.S. Weeks, re historical sketch of 24th Regiment, S.C. Volunteers, including list of members of Company C; letter, 29 Jan. 1880, re death of Gen. States Rights Gist at Battle of Franklin, Tenn., 30 Nov. 1864; letter, 17 June 1889, Columbia, S.C., to Gen. Marcus J[oseph] Wright, Washington, D.C., re activities of 24th Regiment, S.C. Volunteers, at Battle of Chickamauga, Ga. Address to Confederate veterans, 20 May 1884, re incident in May 1865 in which Greenville, S.C., Confederate veterans and home guard volunteers fired upon Union cavalry forces; letter, 12 Sept. 1895, Columbia, S.C., from Ben LaBree, Louisville, Ky., requesting E. Capers submit article to LaBree's book "Camp Fires of the Confederacy;" pamphlet, 1870-1871, Greenville, S.C., "Report of Christ Church Parish"; and diploma, July 1888, University of South Carolina, conferring honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity; 2 pamphlets, 1912, advertising "The Soldier-Bishop, Ellison Capers," by Rev. Walter B. Capers.

ArchivalResource: 82 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41877664 View

Marcus Joseph Wright Papers, 1792-1949

Title: Marcus Joseph Wright Papers, 1792-1949

Marcus Joseph Wright, Confederatebrigadier general and military historian, worked for 30 years, beginning in 1878, asagent of the U.S. War Department charged with collecting and compiling officialConfederate army records. The collection includes correspondence, early memoirs,and other papers of Wright. Included is post-Civil War correspondence withex-Confederate leaders concerning military history, his work, and variouspublications. Also included are letters, 1831-1860, of Wright's father-in-law,planter and politican John W. Womack of Eutaw, Green County, Ala., to his brotherJacob Lewis Womack, planter of Ridgeville, Butler County, Ala., concerning familymatters, cotton planting, the Alabama legislature, and the coming war. There arealso papers, 1929-1945, of Wright's son, Howard P. Wright, that deal chiefly withhis father and Confederate history, as well as genealogical notes on the Wrightfamily of McNairy County, Tenn., and photographs, loose clippings, and scrapbooks ofclippings, chiefly relating to Confederate history.

ArchivalResource: 850; 2.5

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Wright, Marcus J. (Marcus Joseph), 1831-1922. Marcus Joseph Wright papers, 1792-1945 [manuscript].

Title: Marcus Joseph Wright papers, 1792-1945 [manuscript].

The collection includes correspondence, early memoirs, and other papers of Wright. Included is post-Civil War correspondence with ex-Confederate leaders concerning military history, his work, and various publications. Also included are letters, 1831-1860, of Wright's father-in-law, planter and politican John W. Womack of Eutaw, Green County, Ala., to his brother Jacob Lewis Womack, planter of Ridgeville, Butler County, Ala., concerning family matters, cotton planting, the Alabama legislature, and the coming war. There are also papers, 1929-1945, of Wright's son, Howard P. Wright, that deal chiefly with his father and Confederate history, as well as genealogical notes on the Wright family of McNairy County, Tenn., and photographs, loose clippings, and scrapbooks of clippings, chiefly relating to Confederate history.

ArchivalResource: About 850 items (2.5 linear ft.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24439034 View

Murray, J. Ogden. Papers, 1872-1915.

Title: Papers, 1872-1915.

Letters, 1885-1915, written to J. Ogden Murray, chiefly concerning his book about the Immortal Six Hundred, and including as correspondents William Edwin Allen (of Bristol, Va., concerning his father, Alphonso S. Allen, a prisoner at Johnson's Island, including names of other prisoners), Jay Guy Cisco (Tennessee newspaper editor, concerning Tennessee politics ca. 1908-1909), T.S. Doyle (of Staunton and Basic City, Va., concerning his prison experiences, especially the education he received from fellow prisoners), historian Lamar Fontaine (of Lyon, Miss., concerning his views on Abraham Lincoln), Junius L. Hempstead (of Jennings and New Orleans, La., concerning Confederate veterans' affairs), Stephen D. Lee (of Columbus, Miss., concerning sources for information on death rates among Confederate prisoners), and historian Marcus J. Wright; minutes, 1905-1906, of the Society of the Immortal Six Hundred and miscellaneous papers, 1886-1914, pertaining to Murray's membership in other veterans' groups; and writings about Civil War subjects by Murray, including essays on Confederate soldiery, Robert E. Lee, and the history of Winchester, Va., and Civil War reminiscences and diaries of Murray, Junius L. Hempstead, Samuel Thompson Anderson, and others.

ArchivalResource: 416 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30536720 View