Sherman Thackara Collection

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Sherman Thackara Collection

1854-1897

https://library.villanova.edu/collections/distinctive/digitallibrary/findingaids/shermanthackara

Containing family papers and correspondences, the collection consists of four linear feet and covers the period from 1854 to 1897. There are nine boxes, 100 folders, and over 2,000 items, and 1 Union Army Civil War frock coat of General William T. Sherman. Most date ranges are inclusive; however, the folders contain some non-inclusive gaps as well as indeterminable dates. Within the collection, Box VI-b (Mont's letters to Ellie) contains the most items. Some of the collection's strengths include: detailed accounts of local history in Philadelphia and the Main Line during the 1880's and 1890's; an in-depth sketch of life in the United States Navy after the Civil War based on Mont's diary from 1872-1873, correspondences, and memorabilia from his time at Annapolis and at sea; an intimate look at Victorian courtship practices through Ellie and Mont's relationship; and a portrait of the social customs and manners of a middle class Victorian family. Specific highlights of the Sherman Thackara collection are Ellie's love letters to Mont, Thomas Ewing Sherman's notebook from St. Louis University, first-hand accounts of Lincoln's funeral procession in Chicago and Philadelphia, and a large collection of Japanese and Javanese photographs acquired during Mont's time spent stationed in the Pacific.

4 linear ft. / 1 frock coat

eng, Latn

Villanova University, Falvey Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11620589

Villanova University, Falvey Memorial Library

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1854-1863

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William Tecumseh Sherman, born 1854, was the son of US Army general William Tecumseh Sherman and Ellen Ewing Sherman. While the entire family was at camp in Tennessee, the boy was made an honorary sergeant in the unit, wore a specially made uniform and regularly attended its parades. He died Oct. 10, 1863 of Typhoid....