George and Samuel B. Fales collection 1815-1866 1834-1850 Fales, George and Samuel B. collection

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George and Samuel B. Fales collection 1815-1866 1834-1850 Fales, George and Samuel B. collection

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This collection contains personal and business correspondence related to Philadelphia merchant George Fales, as well as documents, newspaper clippings, and correspondence pertaining to the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital, which Fales's nephew, Samuel Bradford Fales, helped to operate during the Civil War.

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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William Clements was a Bay City businessman who served as regent from 1910 to 1933. An Early interest in collecting books crystallized around gathering rare books related to American history that were printed before 1800. In 1921, he gave his collection of books, manuscripts and maps to the university and provided a building to house them, which was opened in 1923. Mr. Clements continued to serve on the Committee of Management of the Clements Library until his death in 1934. He wo...

Fales, Samuel Bradford, 1808-1880

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Corresponding secretary and general financial agent for the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, unaddressed, [1865 Dec.]. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28834481 ...

Fales, George.

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Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891

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Historian, author. From the description of Transcriptions of documents, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122583022 Wood engraver, author, editor. From the description of Benson J. Lossing papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576931 From the description of Papers, 1861-1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519295 Benson John Lossing, editor, illustrator, and historian born in New York. Edited the Poughkeepsie Telegraph, Poughk...

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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The Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital, a philanthropic organization, was instituted on May 27, 1861. It provided Union soldiers with free accomodations as their regiments passed through on their way to Washington. A separate hospital would receive any passing sick or wounded soldiers. It officially closed on August 28, 1865. From the description of Record and scrapbook, 1861-1865. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 86165648 ...