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Clendenen family. Clendenen family papers, 1855-1972.

Title: Clendenen family papers, 1855-1972.

Clendenen family correspondence and a 1859 pocket diary kept by Clemens L. Clendenen cover family affairs, farming, and property, including and a rift between Hyman Clendenen and his father over land in Iowa and a homestead grant. The Civil War letters from Clemens L. Clendenen to his wife Louisa Shinn Clendenen posted from Parkersburg, Clarksburg and New Creek, W. Virginia in August and September of 1864 and one letter from Andersonville prison deal with camp life and contain some discussion of Vallandigham and Copperheads. This portion of the collection also includes letters to Louisa from John V. Clendenen, and members of the 4th W. Virginia Cavalry regarding her husband's fate. Letters from William Lambden Clendenen to his fiance'e Mary Cowan (1887-1888, 32 pieces) describe his life in Ashland, Kansas as a farmer and laborer. Correspondence between Colonel Clarence Clemens Clendenen and Confederate Historical Society (London) (1969-1972, 18 pieces) addresses various aspects of the Civil War, especially in the West and border states, and discusses affairs of the Confederate Historical Society.

ArchivalResource: 113 pieces.2 boxes.

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