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Saxton family. Saxton family papers, 1860-1865.

Title: Saxton family papers, 1860-1865.

In 1860, William Carroll traveled from Oswego Co., N.Y. to California where he taught school and was engaged in a "medical business." D. Carroll served with a New York regiment and worked at the defenses of Fort Merriam, near City Point, Va. in 1864-1865. His daughter Clarissa married Gates Saxton, a New York farmer, in 1864. William Carroll's letters to his wife and sister Ann Carroll Buck posted from Salmon Falls, Secret Ravine, and Mormon Island, Calif. depict his life in Northern California and contain personal reflections on religion, education, slavery, etc. Two small groups of Civil War letters of D. Carroll and Americus D. Buck, dealing with minutia of camp life, war news, etc. The letter from Nathan Buck to his sister, of July 9, 1864 recounts the events of the siege of Petersburg. Also included is a group of letters by Edward H. Spencer of Rochester, N.Y., member of the 3rd Regiment of New York Light Infantry, (which was organized from the 19th Regiment of New York Infantry in December, 1861), posted while serving on duty at New Berne and St. Helena Island, N.C. The letters discuss camp life, war news, politics, family matters, etc.

ArchivalResource: 61 pieces.1 case.

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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Papers, 1824-1850.

Title: Papers, 1824-1850.

Letters (1824) to Sir (photostat), (1850) to Mr. Sargent; power of attorney (1838) to N. Ray Thomas for Webster's property in the upper Midwest, also signed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney; and deed (1842) to Haverhill, Massachusetts burial plot (contemporary copy?).

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

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