Stout, Frank C., fl. 1862-1863 [Collection of Frank C. Stout, D company, 34th regiment, Pennsylvania, infantry] [Decimalized .01- .11]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03131.07 Author/Creator: Stout, Frank C., fl. 1862-1863 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1862-1863 Pagination: 2 v. + 11 items Order a Copy
Collection of Frank C. Stout (full name Benjamin Franklin Christian Stout) of the 129th Pennsylvania Volunteers, a nine month regiment. Collection includes two diaries, both of which are signed and primarily written in pencil. The first diary is approximately 140 pages and covers August-December 1862. The second diary is approximately 193 pages and covers December 1862-May 1863. Housed with the second diary is an unused postage stamp. Collection also contains miscellaneous documents, including a baptism record and medical information; a pamphlet relating an address delivered in 1897 by a Colonel Henry Royer; a photograph of the 34th Militia; and news clippings, including an obituary of Major Alexander Selfridge. A photograph accompanying the diaries is included as well [.11]
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