Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: J. Washburn Civil War Letter,
Date (inclusive): 1861
Collection Number: Wyles SC 289
Creator:
Washburn (J.)
Extent:
.01 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Vault
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
J. Washburn Civil War Letter. Wyles SC 289. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California,
Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1978.
Scope and Content of Collection
One four-page Civil War letter (ALS) from J. Washburn to his brother, defending the Confederacy, about a month after the attack
on Fort Sumter. Washburn had recently visited his brother, possibly in Princeton, and he describes at length the opposing
views that the two have on causes for the differences between the South and the North. Savannah, GA, May 16, 1861.