Letters

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This collection contains a Campaign letter noting Johnston's term as governor and discusses his feelings about the Civil War, Reconstruction, race relations, the impending U.S. war appropriation, and issues of concern to his constituents.

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This collection includes one letter from James J. Kilpatrick to G. E. Geiger, Auburn University Library, regarding overdue books checked out by Kevin Kilpatrick.

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This collection includes letters to and from King regarding military activities during the Civil War and his involvement in the apprehension of Surratt.

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Collection contains letters from twelve Army Air Force service men to Mary Krakora of Cleveland, Ohio. These twelve men write Krakora about their lives on U.S. Army bases during World War II.

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Collection contains two letters from Lindbergh critiquing and explaining specific ideas and passages in Newton's book draft. Dr. Newton is writing this from the standpoint of "The Evolution of United States Aviation Diplomacy Toward Latin America." In the second Letter Mr. Lindbergh makes various comments and corrections to the manuscript Dr. Newton has sent him concerning Lindberg's flight to Mexico and around the Gulf and Caribbean.

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This collection contains a small envelope addressed to Mrs. N.W.E. Long at Perote, Pike [Bullock] County, Alabama, from Private Long, Co. 'B' 51st Ala., and a letter from Mrs. M. A. Jackson to her sister, Mrs. M. J. Long, dated May 16, 1862. The letter consists of questions inquiring about family members, such as their health and whereabouts.

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This accession contains papers that consist primarily of material related to the May, 1864, expedition from Vicksburg to Yazoo City, Mississippi, with several skirmishes along the way.

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This collection contains a letter written by Alexander B. Meek (1814-1865) during the American Civil War explaining the war in Mobile, Alabama, with mentions of Dauphin Island, his journey home, and potentially staying put where he was.

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This collection contains four letters and three envelopes. The majority of the letters are addressed to E. B. Jennings, who is the New London, Connecticut based client and friend. One letter is to Mrs. C. M. Jennings from A. [Agnes] Paine, Sidney's wife.

Scope and Contents The core of this collection is a set of forty-six letters written by various members of the Pearson and Johnson families to each other during the Civil War years and the years immediately before and after the war. Included are love letters between Jefferson Lafayette Pearson and Mary Abigail Johnson, letters from the soldiers in the family to their brothers and sisters and in-laws, and letters between the women in the two families on the home front during the war. Topics covered include...