The Boggs family papers consist of twenty-one letters, two photographs and four pieces of related materials. Eleven of the letters were written by William R. Boggs while he was in the Union Army from 1863 to 1865, and ten of these were to his brother and sister, Maggie and Adam Boggs. (Note: The William R. Boggs whose letters are in this collection should not be confused with the Confederate Brigadier General of the same name.) There are two photographs of William Boggs and they appear to date from the same era. The remainder of the correspondence mostly dates from after the Civil War and relates to the Boggs family, mainly William and Maggie's generation. A majority of this correspondence is written either to or from members of the Boggs family. Among the related correspondence are two brief letters and one brief legal document from the late 1830's, all three of which relate to minor family affairs.
