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Brinton family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0453
Abstract

The Brinton family papers document several generations of the Brinton, Steinmetz, and Ward families, who flourished between 1760-1930 in Pennsylvania and New York. Several members of the family played prominent roles in their communities and included landholders, real estate developers, merchants, Civil War surgeons, medical doctors and professors, missionaries, a minister, an art critic, an anthropologist, lawyers, a judge, an engineer, and several authors.

Dates: 1715-1930

Edward A. Fulton letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0218
Abstract

This collection of correspondence consists of thirty-nine letters written primarily between 1860 and 1863. The majority of the letters were written by Union Army soldier Edward A. Fulton to his mother, Mary Fulton, of Wilmington, Delaware.

Dates: 1860-1877; Majority of material found within 1860-1863

John C. Grover Civil War journal

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0032
Abstract This journal was owned by Private John C. Grover of the Massachusetts 17th Infantry and chronicles his experiences fighting in the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. Grover's journal contains frequent, autograph entries chronicling his experiences as a Union soldier in the Civil War from September 18, 1861, to July 27, 1865. Entries are short, but they provide information on troop movements, battles (occurring in North Carolina), orders, Grover's pay, the supplies he received, his daily...
Dates: 1861-1865

David N. Lilley letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0219
Abstract

Letters from Delaware resident David N. Lilley to his sister Annie, written during his period of service in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1864

Matlack family letters to Samuel J. Matlack

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0916
Abstract

This collection consists of seventeen letters written by members of the Matlack family in Philadelphia to Samuel J. Matlack while he was serving in the Union Navy aboard the USSWissahickon, a gunboat in the blockading squadron off the coast of South Carolina, during the American Civil War, from 1862-1865.

Dates: 1862-1865

Robert B. McKee papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0416
Abstract

The Robert B. McKee papers consist of correspondence, military orders, medical supply inventories, casualty reports, and other material related to service as a surgeon in the 1st Delaware Calvary regiment during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1901; Majority of material found within 1861-1865

Nineteenth-century American military collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0541
Abstract The Nineteenth-century American military collection is an artificial collection that contains 1.6 linear feet of American military records spanning the period 1846-1903. The bulk of the collection dates from the American Civil War (1861-1865). Additional records are from the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) and the remainder of the nineteenth century. There are also five items pertaining to the Mexican War (1846-1848) and two documents from the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers...
Dates: 1846-1903; Majority of material found within 1861-1865

Pierce family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0293
Abstract

The Pierce family papers comprise materials relating to the Pierce family of New Castle, Delaware, from the early nineteenth century to the middle twentieth century. Most of the forty-eight items date from the American Civil War and provide a personal description of military life.

Dates: 1833-1954; Majority of material found within 1862-1864

Thomas M. Reynolds letters to Louisa J. Seward

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0295
Abstract

Letters written by Union soldier Thomas M. Reynolds to his fiancee Louisa J. Seward, commenting on his relationship with Seward and his opinions about the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1864

Rosenthal lithographic prints of Civil War encampments

 Collection
Identifier: GRA 0106
Abstract

The Rosenthal lithographic prints of Civil War encampments comprises 23 color lithographs printed by Rosenthal's Lith. of Philadelphia between 1861 and 1865.

Dates: 1861-1865

Pocket diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0059
Abstract

This diary was kept by a member of the 56th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, possibly named James E. Smith, from January 1 to May 5, 1864, during the U.S. Civil War.

Dates: 1864 January 1-May 5

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Soldiers 10
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 9
Letters (correspondence) 5
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 5
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Correspondence 3
Delaware--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Diaries 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 2
Essays 2
Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Photographs 2
Soldiers--Medical care--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Surgeons 2
Account books 1
Administrative records 1
Businesspeople--United States--History--19th century 1
Certificates 1
Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 1
Charleston (S.C.)--History--19th century 1
Circular letters 1
Color lithographs 1
Deeds 1
Dispatches 1
Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862 1
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--Siege, 1861 1
Freehand drawings (drawings) 1
Genealogy 1
Harpers Ferry, Battle of, Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 1862 1
Indentures 1
Invoices 1
Kernstown, 1st Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1862 1
Land surveys 1
Leases 1
Legal documents 1
Manuscripts (documents) 1
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Medical education--History--19th century 1
Medical records 1
Medicine--Study and teaching--History--19th century 1
Medicine--United States--History--19th century 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
Military camps--United States--19th century--Pictorial works 1
Military commissions 1
Military passes 1
Military records 1
Missionaries--India 1
Mortgages 1
Muster rolls 1
Newspapers 1
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Orders (military records) 1
Patronage, Political--United States--History--19th century 1
Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century 1
Physicians 1
Poems 1
Presidents--United States--Election--1864 1
Provincetown (Mass.)--History--19th century 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
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Seamen 1
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Sermons, American--19th century 1
Soldiers--Correspondence--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Soldiers--Health--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Soldiers--United States--Diaries 1
South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Surgeons--Correspondence--United States--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Travel 1
United States--History, military--19th century 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works 1
United States. Army--History--19th century 1
United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century 1
Veterans 1
West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
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United States. Army. Delaware Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862-1865) 2
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 1
Barnes, Joseph K., 1817-1883 1
Billings, John 1
Bliss, Zenas E. 1
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Brinton, Christian, 1870-1942 1
Brinton, George, 1804-1858 1
Brinton, John H. (John Hill), 1832-1907 1
Brinton, John Hill, 1772-1827 1
Brinton, Ward, 1873-1935 1
Burton, William, 1789-1866 1
Card, Benj. C. (Benjamin Cozzens), 1825-1914 1
Clark, D. C. 1
Cox, C. C. 1
Cummings, A. 1
Eckler, James N. 1
Frank, E. B. 1
Fulton, Anna 1
Fulton, Anna--Correspondence 1
Fulton, Edward A. 1
Fulton, Edward A.--Correspondence 1
Fulton, Mary 1
Fulton, Mary--Correspondence 1
Fulton, Sarah 1
Fulton, Sarah--Correspondence 1
Grover, John C. (John Charles), 1844-1903 1
Grover, John C. (John Charles), 1844-1903--Diaries 1
Hamilton, William N. 1
Heald, Thomas 1
Jefferson Medical College 1
Johnson, Henry 1
Jones, Theodore 1
Knight, N. B. 1
Laurence, Samuel B. 1
Lilley, Annie 1
Lilley, Annie--Correspondence 1
Lilley, David N. 1
Lilley, David N.--Correspondence 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination 1
Lobdell, William W. 1
Massachusetts (Steamer) 1
Massey, George V. 1
Matlack family 1
Matlack, Clemmie, 1844- 1
Matlack, Lewis J., 1842-1909 1
Matlack, Mason, approximately 1824-1868 1
Matlack, Matilda E., approximately 1808-1894 1
Matlack, Samuel J., 1845-1898 1
McKee, Anna M. 1
McKee, Robert B. 1
Murray, Mason M. 1
Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis 1
Perry, Alexander J. (Alexander James), 1828-1913 1
Pierce family 1
Pierce family--Correspondence 1
Pierce, Elias 1
Pierce, Elias--Correspondence 1
Pierce, Enos 1
Pierce, Enos--Correspondence 1
Pierce, Ezra 1
Pierce, Ezra--Correspondence 1
Pierce, George 1
Pierce, George--Correspondence 1
Pierce, Marey 1
Pierce, Marey--Correspondence 1
Pierce, William 1
Pierce, William--Correspondence 1
Reynolds, Frances 1
Reynolds, Mollie E. 1
Reynolds, Mollie E.--Correspondence 1
Reynolds, Thomas M, 1840-1864 1
Reynolds, Thomas M., 1840-1864--Correspondence 1
Rice, N. P. 1
Rosenthal's Lith. 1
Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.) 1
Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918 1
Seward, Joshua 1
Seward, Joshua--Correspondence 1
Seward, Louisa J. 1
Seward, Louisa J.--Correspondence 1
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 1
Shields, J. Hayes 1
Simpson, S. J. 1
Smith, James E., active 1864 1
Smith, James E., active 1864--Diaries 1
Speel, F. 1
Steinmetz, Joseph J., active 1929-1930 1
United States. Army. Delaware Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1864) 1
United States. Army. Delaware Infantry Regiment, 4th (1862-1865). Company H 1
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 17th (1861-1865) 1
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 56th (1863-1865)--Diaries 1
United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers 1
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 72nd (1861-1864) 1
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 97th (1861-1865) 1
United States. Colored Troops 1
United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States. War Department 1
Ward, F. De W. (Ferdinand De Wilton), 1812-1891 1
Wissahickon (Gunboat) 1
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