Adams family papers. 1849-1870.

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Adams family papers. 1849-1870.

Doctor, U.S. Army. Letter, 1855, from the U.S. Naval Academy to his sister Ada asking her to visit; paper, 1861, relating to Adam's medical exam; letters, 1861-1865, to his parents telling of troop movements, describing his personal melancholy at the loss of life, his happiness on the death of Stonewall Jackson, and telling of the bloody battlefields; letter, 1866, discussing his impending marriage to Ruth and the furnishings for their home; two letters from George Meade, Oct. 17th and Oct. 19th, 1864; orders, 1863; promotion to brevet major, 1865; letter, Galveston, Texas, 1867, to his father; general orders #30, 1867, announcing Sam Adams' death; official correspondence, 1868, regarding Adams' remains; incomplete letters; letters received by S. Adams; papers of Charles C. Adams, 1849-1868; Charles C. Adams' Bible with appended notes; letter, 1860, to C.C. Adams from D. Brown; correspondence of Mrs. A.O. Adams, 1870.

1 box ; 6 cm.

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Adams, A. O., fl. 1842.

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Vogdes, Ada Adelaide Adams, 1842-1919.

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Brown, D., fl. 1860.

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Adams, Charles C. (Charles Coffin), 1810-1888

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Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

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Meade was a US Army officer, most noted for his route of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863 during the U.S. Civil War. From the description of [Document and photograph] / Geo. M. Meade. [1863] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 287187126 ...

Adams, Samuel, d. 1867.

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