Papers, 1848-1895.

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Papers, 1848-1895.

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Correspondence, military papers, autobiography, maps, commissions, diaries, manuscripts, survey, letterpress book and musical scores. Over 500 letters between Benjamin and Alice. Also letters of Benjamin's father, Robert and Alice's father, John Kirk. Letters from prominent politicians and generals including Ulysses Grant, Edward Hatch, John Logan, William T. Sherman and Robert Yates. Maps of military operations and other routine military papers including inspection reports and recruiting accounts and letters from his adjutants in the west, Captain Samuel L. Lippincott and Rober G. Smithers. Bound volumes and sheet music with orchestral scoring for individual instruments. Diaries of Robert, Jr. while attending school in Jacksonville, Ill.

9.03 linear feet 21 1/2 boxes + 1 oversized folder.

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