Correspondence of the White family [manuscript] [1838-1865] 1965.

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Correspondence of the White family [manuscript] [1838-1865] 1965.

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Most of the letters are from Thomas White to his son Richard White. Thomas sends family news & a few comments on the Pennsylvania and U.S. elections of 1848. There are passes and counter-signs issued to Richard as colonel of the 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers and a Casimir Bohn map of Fort Monroe, Va. The collection also contains a family genealogy mentioning Virginia Tarleton Ralston, fashion expert for the Ladies Home Journal, ca. 1906; clippings regarding the family & Indiana Pa. history including an underground railroad station; and a letter, 1964 December 12 from ReneĢe Bize, Tarbes, France, recounting experiences in World War I.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7930718

University of Virginia. Library

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White, Thomas, d. 1866,

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Bohn, Casimir

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Ralston, Virginia Tarleton.

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White, Richard, d. 1865,

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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 55th (1861-1865)

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Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment organized at Harrisburg, by Colonel Richard White in the summer and autumn of 1861 with men from the counties of Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Dauphin, Indiana, and Schuykill. Saw service throughout the war. Mustered out of service on the 30th of August, 1865. From the description of Records of the 55th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteersand its Colonel, Richard White, 1855-1909 (bulk 1861-1865). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48995412 ...

White family.

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