A collection of manuscript letters dated 1846-1888, in French, from the family of Paul Arpin, identified as the “oldest French journalist” in the United States, and his brother-in-law Louis-Pierre Henriquel-Dupont. more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub