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0205: Alfred Perkins Rockwell Letter, 1865, Marshall University Special Collections
0205: Alfred Perkins Rockwell Letter, 1865, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of only one letter. In it, Rockwell discusses Wheeling, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh and coal towns more generally. The letter is addressed to future wife Kate and describes Wheeling, West Virginia, as `dingy, dirty, smoky and busy.' He discusses his travel plans and search for a place to establish a home.
0168: George Hechler Correspondence, 1861-1865, Marshall University Special Collections
0168: George Hechler Correspondence, 1861-1865, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is primarily composed of letters from George Hechler to his sister Kate Hechler during his service in the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. The letters discuss George’s experience in the Civil War, covering camp life at Parkersburg and Summersville, to the battlefields of Lewisburg, Antietam, Chickamauga and others. All letters include typescript transcriptions of the text in separate folders, and one letter includes a piece of printed ephemera as an enclosure. Also included in this collection are three Civil War era envelopes kept by Kate, a single letter to Kate from Jacob Salat regarding her …
0053: John Gibson Papers, 1842-1887, Marshall University Special Collections
0053: John Gibson Papers, 1842-1887, Marshall University Special Collections
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Description of a tour of Karlee Cave in India in 1842; letters from a British soldier stationed in India in 1843 and from Grover Cleveland thanking Mr. Gibson for the gift of a paperweight (1887).