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Willis Wright Papers

 Collection — Box: Short Collection 5
Identifier: 0080

Scope and Contents

Letters to Wright, including one from William A. Burney in Limestone County, Texas (1860), one from his son, C.G. Wright, a Confederate soldier stationed at Camp Skidaway, Georgia (1861), and one from a Confederate soldier stationed near Yorktown, Virginia (1862).

Letters are duplicates.

Calendar:

William A. Burney, Limestone Co., Texas, to "Dear Friend," [April] 9, 1860.

W. J. C. Vaughan and Co., Montgomery, Alabama, to Willis Wright, February 20, 1861.

E.G. Wright, Stiles Regiment, Camp Skidaway, Georgia, to "Dear Father and Mother," December 15, 1861.

S. Barron, Camp near Yorktown, Pennsylvania, to Mr. Wright, April 21, 1862.

Lemuel [Garrison] to Mr. Willis Wright, July 2, 1862.

Dates

  • 1860 - 1862

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Wright was a resident of Dadeville, in Tallapoosa County, Alabama.

Extent

5 Items (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Existence and Location of Originals

Originals retained by donor.

Existence and Location of Copies

Located in the Auburn Univeristy Libraries' Digital Collections: Civil War Diaries and Letters.

Processing Information

Processed and Finding Aid created by GN February 27, 1967. Added to Archives Space by Cara Eiland October 17, 2019.

Title
Guide to the Willis Wright Papers
Subtitle
Record Group 80
Status
Under Revision
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732