Papers, 1688-1897 (inclusive), 1840-1863 (bulk).

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Papers, 1688-1897 (inclusive), 1840-1863 (bulk).

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Kirk's papers consist of personal and professional correspondence together with Civil War letters to, from, and about Kirk; legal documents; clippings; and other miscellaney. There is, additionally, his wife Eliza Cameron Kirk's incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1862-1868, and later as Mrs. Charles A. Thomas, 1889-1897. The remainder of the collection is made up of miscellaneous letters and documents of several members of the Kirk family, 1688-1870, including a Ruth Kirk Price commonplace book, begun 1809.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6686577

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Price, Ruth Kirk, b. 1761.

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Thomas, Eliza Marcella, 1833-1897

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Illinois Volunteers.

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Kirk family.

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Edward Needles Kirk, a lawyer of Sterling Illinois, was killed in the Civil War while serving as an officer with the 34th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers in Kentucky and Tennessee. From the description of Papers, 1688-1897 (inclusive), 1840-1863 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122347601 ...

Kirk, Edward Needles, 1828-1863

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Kirk, a lawyer from Sterling, Illinois, was colonel of the 34th Illinois Infantry and became a brigadier general November 29, 1862. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) on December 31, 1862 and died of his wounds July 21, 1863. He had married Eliza Marcella Cameron on October 17, 1855. She later married Charles A. Thomas. From the description of Letter, January 6, 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 213098079 ...