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Lieutenant Sydney I. Wailes letters to unidentified recipient

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0096

Content Description

Two handwritten letters from Lieutenant Sydney I. Wailes, who served at Fort Delaware during the Civil War, to his friend, describing the day to day activities at the Fort. Typed transcripts of the letters are available in the collection file.

Dates

  • Creation: 1864 August 24-September 20

Creator

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Extent

2 item (6 pages)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Two handwritten letters from Lieutenant Sydney I. Wailes, who served at Fort Delaware during the Civil War, to his friends, describing the day to day activities at the Fort. Typed transcripts of the letters are available in the collection file.

Source

Purchase, 1998.

Related Materials in This Repository

This item forms part of MSS 0098 Delaware Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

Shelving Summary

Box 4, F0096: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes

Processing

Finding aid encoded by Tiffany Saulter, August 2015.

Title
Finding aid for Lieutenant Sydney I. Wailes letters to unidentified recipient
Status
Completed
Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Date
2015 August 27
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository

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