24 letters, 41 manuscript pp., dated 15 February 1887 to 21 December 1891, written on U.S. Letter Sheet Envelopes (self envelopes). Of the 24 letters in the collection, 13 were written in 1887; in 1888; 1 in 1889; 3 in 1890; and… more >
quarto, 3 pages, plus stamp less address leaf, formerly folded, hole in last leaf due to careless opening, affecting several words of text, else in good clean legible condition. 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