quarto, 4pp., including stampless address leaf, separated at most folds, but repaired with non-archival tape, with only slight loss of a few words of text more >
70 letters, 128 manuscript pages, (19 retained mailing envelopes), plus 4 pieces of verse and prose, 14 pages, all dated 3 January 1852 to 22 January 1885. There are 5 letters that are undated. Most of the letters are addressed to Eli… more >
folio, 29 pages, text written in both ink and pencil, in two different, but legible hands, paper somewhat tanned, else very good. Docketed on fragment of blank, final page: “Copy of Testimony in case of Gray Taken by the Reporters E. C.… more >
quarto, 4 pages, plus stampless address leaf, formerly folded, separation along fold, small hole due to careless opening, else in very good, clean and 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