Failing-Knight papers, 1840-1904.

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Failing-Knight papers, 1840-1904.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7014495

A small collection of papers dealing with the families of E.P. Failing and Thomas S. Knight of New York. The collection includes: three diaries kept by E.P. Failing while serving with the 149th Regiment of New York Volunteers from 1863 to 1865, including the battle of Gettysburg, the capture of Atlanta, and Sherman's march to the sea. Letters written by Failing to Julia Mintard, 1863. An 1850 diary of Thomas S. Knight describing a voyage from New York to California and back. An 1851 commonplace book of Thomas S. Knight. An 1853 diary kept while serving on a Hudson River steamship. Miscellaneous letters including some by Thomas S. Knight to Catherine (Vosburgh) Knight, his wife, 1840-1872.

ca. 25 items.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8005155

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Failing, E. P.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w32rd (person)

Knight, Catherine Vosburgh.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6448728 (person)

New York. Infantry. 149th Regiment.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp30ns (corporateBody)

Knight, Thomas Stanley, 1921-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv6jd7 (person)

Mintard, Julia.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk33br (person)