quarto, 300 pp., bound in contemporary ½ black leather, cloth covered boards, letters dated 5 June 1875 to 14 December 1876. The volume contains approximately 175 letters written to 15 or so individuals, including family and business associates. The letters mainly concern… more >
1433 letters, 4409 pages, (647 retained mailing envelopes), dated 1845 to 1944.The collection consists of five cartons of material. The collection includes letters of five generations of the McCulloch family written over the course of one hundred years starting with Major Alexander… more >
quarto, 4 pages, plus stamp-less address leaf, second leaf of the letter sheet is quite worn, and lacks a portion, which affects about 18 lines, as well as small portions at fold joints and a few lines at the lower portion of… 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