The collection is a volume containing three apparently unrelated sets of records: (1) lettercopy book, December 1859-February 1861, of the United States army engineers' office, New Orleans, La., under P. G. T. Beauregard and William McFarland, concerning regular business and the contest, upon secession, between the state of Louisiana and the United States Army over federal property; (2) lettercopy book, April-August 1861, of Colonel (later General) Paul Octave Hebert, Confederate States of America, New Orleans, concerning artillery, supplies, ammunition, personnel, and organization; and (3) records, 1896-1902, of the Franklin Literary Society at Howard College, East Lake, Ala. (predecessor of Samford University).
