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CollectionSimms-Wallach families papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, printed material, and other papers of the Simms and Wallach families relating to the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century history of Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va. Papers of Charles Simms include an account book recording the sale of items from the estate of George Washington and legal papers concerning Simms's real estate ownership and litigation in the state...
- Contributor: Simms, Charles
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialWinthrop Henry Phelps papers, Catalog Record Only Diary (1864 May 15-1865 December 31) entitled A Chaplain's Life in the Civil War, describing Phelps' tours of duty with the 19th Connecticut Infantry (later 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery) at forts in Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C., and nine Civil War engagements, including battles at Spottsylvania (1864 May) and Petersburg, Va. (1865 March-April). The diary, compiled and edited (1945) by Ethel L. Phelps, is...
- Contributor: Phelps, Winthrop Henry
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CollectionJohn C. Babcock papers, Catalog Record Only Letters with drawings (1861-1864) from Babcock to relatives in Illinois concerning his work as an architect in Chicago, Ill.; service as a confidential agent in the Provost Marshal General's Bureau in Washington, D.C.; the incarceration of female prisoners at "Prison Greenhough," Confederate spy Rose O'Neal Greenhow's house in Washington; reaction to the Trent Affair, 1861; secessionist sentiment in Alexandria, Va.; the gathering of intelligence...
- Contributor: Babcock, John C.
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CollectionSarah Rosetta Wakeman correspondence,
Sarah Rosetta Wakeman papers Catalog Record Only Photocopies of Wakeman's letters to her family while serving with the 153rd New York Infamtry Regiment as Private Lyons Wakeman. Letters written primarily from Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va., with several later letters from Louisiana.- Contributor: Wakeman, Sarah Rosetta
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialSarah Ridg Schuyler diary :
Sarah Ridg Schuyler papers | Sarah Ridg diary : typescript transcription Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She documents the social life of the two cities and describes the U.S. Capitol building (February 10th entry, page 3); preparations for attending the inaugural ball (February 28th through March 3rd entries,...- Contributor: Schuyler, Sarah Ridg
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CollectionCharles Simms papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly legal and financial papers and personal, military, and business correspondence concerning Simms' activitities as a major and lieutenant colonel in the American Revolution, his business affairs as president of the Potomac and Shenandoah Co., the establishment of the District of Columbia, and movements of the British Army near Alexandria during the war of 1812 when Simms served as major and customs officer. Correspondents...
- Contributor: Simms, Charles
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CollectionAlonzo C. Pickard papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly letters from Pickard to his wife, Rozilla (Flagg) Pickard (b. 1843), relating to his service as sergeant in the 112th New York Infantry and as sergeant and 1st lieutenant in the 1st New York Sharpshooters. Includes letters from camps at Suffolk and Culpeper, Va., 1862-1864; from Washington, D.C., 1864 Sept.-1865 Jan., where he was on court-martial duty; and from Alexandria, Va., 1865 Jan.-June,...
- Contributor: Pickard, Alonzo C.