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to James William Paige

Requests that his brother-in-law Paige accept a case of port wine, now in Boston, in Paige's store. States that the wine will improve with Paige's care. Instructs Paige to send one case to Marshfield, Massachusetts, where Webster owned a residence.

GLC01946.33

to sister Anna

Writes from Camp Jones that he is currently on furlough. Writes that due to the negligence of the officers, the men are still at Camp Jones with nothing to do. Reports that John Hardman, a man in his company, died from bad whiskey and excessive...

GLC02016.055

to sister Ella

Writes that the young women of Staunton are pretty, but hate Yankees. Mentions that the major's sister was treated unkindly by Southern women at Church. Reports that he met Major General Curtis (the hero of Ft. Fisher) and was told that there was...

GLC02016.088

[Newspaper clippings]

A collection of three newspaper clippings including (1) an account of a steamer voyage of the New Bedford and New York Steamship line, (2) a poem entitled "The Liquor Seller", and (3) a poem advertising Mark Allen's balsamic cough lozenges. Only the...

GLC02016.179.03

to Erastus R. McKinney

re: recent fire in the town that burnt down a distillery, family news

GLC02179.01.009

to Mary Moore Kelly

He refers to the Sanitary Commission's pretentious movement, and complains about their nurses. Laments the fact that while he and the Army medical department do all the work, and the government pays all the costs, they receive all the criticism while...

GLC04195.03

[Supplemental documents related to President Richard Nixon's impeachment][Decimalized .03.01.01-.03.04.92]

A collection of official reports and testimonies concerning the impeachment proceedings of President Richard Nixon. Contains various amendments related to congressional hearings, supplentamal materials for subpoenas and other government related...

GLC09613.03

Vietnam War letters written by Gerald Handy [Decimalized .01-.46]

Forty-seven letters from Gerald Handy to his girlfriend Donna Lawyer and her parents Mary Lawyer and Donald Lawyer. Letters are addressed as if the two were already married but multiple letters mention them getting married when he returns to the...

GLC09908

to Mary Lawyer and Donald Lawyer

One letter from Gerald Handy to Mary and Donald Lawyer dated February 6, 1968. Handy addresses them as his mother-in-law and father-in-law and writes that it is getting worse but does not go into specifics. He mentions he quit drinking but not...

GLC09908.11

to Alexander Milton Ross

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated December 30, 1892. Thanking him for a photograph of her father and discussing her sister Annie's hard life and marriage. [Last page appears to be missing]

GLC03007.56.18