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circa. early summer 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Runs through the day's rather hectic schedule, apologizing for the brevity of the letter.

GLC09120.048

23 June 1942.

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Describes a simulated "moving up" maneuver that the company had carried out early in the morning. Sid then goes on to detail the rest of the day's events which included a lecture on meteorology, a session on map-reading and map-making and a session on the impact of different weather conditions on chemical operations.

GLC09120.049

circa 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Brief letter written while waiting for the company to be inspected by the captain. Mentions that he is now a qualified rifleman and pistolman.

GLC09120.050

26 June 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Apologizes for irregularity with which he has been writing letters recently, explaining that he has had very little sleep lately. Sid then describes an overnight excursion that his company had been taken on

GLC09120.051

27 June 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Describes an argument that he has had with Carter, a soldier from Tennessee, on the "negro question". photocopy

GLC09120.052

31 December 1863

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Printed document signed

Title: [Return of Captain Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

GLC02750.420

22 November 1864

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [Inventory and inspection report for Company "I," Rhode Island Volunteers]

Written at Poplar Grove Church

GLC02750.421

22 November 1864

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [Inventory and inspection report for Company "I," Rhode Island Volunteers]

Written at Poplar Grove Church

GLC02750.422

November 1864

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [Monthly return of clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, Company "I," Rhode Island Volunteers]

Docketed 6 December 1864 by Captain Jenks

GLC02750.423

31 January 1865

Phelps, James, fl. 1865

Printed document signed

Title: [Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name. Signed by Phelps as Lieutenant.

GLC02750.424

28 February 1865

Merrill, James F., fl. 1863-1865

Printed document signed

Title: [Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.425

31 March 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Printed document

Title: [Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.426

30 April 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Printed document

Title: [Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name

GLC02750.427

April 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of camp and garrison equipage abandoned at Fort Sedgwick.]

Signed by Daniels as Colonel and Morse as Quartermaster. Written at Fort Sedgwick

GLC02750.428

31 May 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Printed document signed

Title: [Return of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers.]

Includes absent and enlisted men, accounted for by name.

GLC02750.429

June 1865

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1825-1901

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of camp and garrison equipage abandoned near Alexandria, Virginia.]

Signed by Daniels as Colonel and Morse as Quartermaster.

GLC02750.430

1861-1877

Printed document

Title: [Instructions for lists of rolls, returns and reports required from company commanders]

GLC02750.431

September 1862 - September 1863

Printed document signed

Title: [Morning reports, manuscript booklet for Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Contains the records and signatures of Captains Thomas Carr, Ethan A. Jenks, and Edwin L. Hunt. Signed by Private Charles P. Gibney and Niles Kilroy on the inside cover page.

GLC02750.476

September 1864 - February 1865

Various

Printed document signed

Title: [Morning reports, manuscript booklet for Company "I," Seventh Regiment, Rhode Island Volunteers]

Contains the signature of Captain Ethan A. Jenks, as well as other members of Company "I."

GLC02750.477

17 December 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond congratulates Estelle on her "junior phi-beta Kappa appointment". He tells her that his expert gunner exam is the following day.

GLC09120.156

18 December 1942

Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Estelle Spero

Diamond expresses his distress at having been asked to chaperone the soldiers' Christmas Eve party. He again describes his attempts at learning how to drive a jeep.

GLC09120.157