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Terry family. Terry family papers, 1795-1939 (inclusive).

Title: Terry family papers, 1795-1939 (inclusive).

Papers of five family members, the children and daughter-in-law of Alfred and Clarissa Terry, make up the major part of the collection. The most prominent figure is Alfred Howe Terry, a Civil War general in the Union army, whose correspondence and military papers relate to the Fitz-John Porter case, the Indian campaigns (1870s) and reminiscences of military service and the Civil War. Included are orders for the court martial of General Custer and drawings supposedly given to Terry by Sitting Bull. Other family members include his brother, Adrian, who also served in the Civil War, and Adrian's wife, Isadore Wright Terry, whose correspondence includes letters from her husband during the war describing his experiences. The papers of Elizabeth Howe Terry include a diary (1875) kept on an ocean voyage to Europe, while the papers of Harriet Wadsworth Terry, the second lady principal of Vassar College, are largely made up of family correspondence. Papers of other family members and memorabilia, including Civil War mementos and a prescription for the cure of cholera make up the remainder of the papers.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft. (13 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153523 View

Wright family. Wright family correspondence, 1856-1868.

Title: Wright family correspondence, 1856-1868.

The collection is a transcription of the Wright family correspondence from 1856 to 1868, during the Civil War. The correspondence is mainly from the three brothers, Joel, James, and Peter to their mother Susan, their sister Fannie and Peter's wife Sarah. Also included in the collection are letters to and from other relatives such as their uncles, aunts, grandmother and cousins. The brothers correspondence consisted of the status of their health and welfare. They also reported back to their family casualties of war and an intinerary relating to where forward future. correspondence to their attention. The letters where written from Camp Lee, Staunton, Virginia, Camp McColluch, near Monterey and Camp Shenandoah in Augusta County, Virginia and Bedford Co., Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 91 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122612018 View

Stanford Geological Survey. [Field notebooks from the 1980 field season, Independence Mountains, Bull Run, California Mountain and Wildhorse quadrangles, Elko County, Nevada / by Stanford Geological Survey, E. Miller, director].

Title: [Field notebooks from the 1980 field season, Independence Mountains, Bull Run, California Mountain and Wildhorse quadrangles, Elko County, Nevada / by Stanford Geological Survey, E. Miller, director]. 1980.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79419291 View

Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Record Of Applications Under The Act Of 1896. 1896 - 1897. 1896 Citizenship Application for Sarah J. Wright

Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1793 - 1999. Record Of Applications Under The Act Of 1896. 1896 - 1897. 1896 Citizenship Application for Sarah J. Wright

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/278075 View