Willoughby Babcock and family papers, 1836-1963.

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Willoughby Babcock and family papers, 1836-1963.

Three generations of the Babcock family are represented in the papers. The letters and diaries of Willoughby Babcock (1832-1864), a lawyer of Owego, N.Y., include more than 200 letters written to his wife while he served in the Civil War. Many were published by his grandson, Willoughby M. Babcock II, as Selections from the Letters and Diaries of Brevet-Brigadier General Willoughby Babcock of the Seventy-Fifth New York Volunteers (Albany, N.Y., 1922).

6 cu. ft. (12 boxes).

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