William Richard Caswell papers, 1805-1900 [microfilm manuscript].

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William Richard Caswell papers, 1805-1900 [microfilm manuscript].

Muster rolls, accounts, a diary, and letters concerning the Mexican War; political and business correspondence; a few military papers, 1861; correspondence of Caswell's wife concerning her difficulties during the Civil War and life after; papers about land holdings in Iowa; and miscellaneous other items.

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