Eldridge (James William) Collection

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Table of contents

Correspondence and documents

Physical Description: 83.75 Linear Feet(67 boxes)

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by the correspondent or author's last name.

Box 1

A - An

Box 2

Ap - Az

Box 3

B - Baz

Box 4

Be - Bea

Box 5

Bec- Bla

Box 6

Ble - Bra

Box 7

Bre - Brown, Mary

Box 8

Brown, Nathan - Bus

Box 9

But - Car

Box 10

Cas - Clar

Box 11

Clay - Com

Box 12

Con - Conz

Box 13

Cr - Cu

Box 14

D - Da

Box 15

De - Do

Box 16

Dr - Ea

Box 17

Ec - Ey

Box 18

Fa - Foo

Box 19

For - Fu

Box 20

Ga - Gi

Scope and Contents

Includes James A. Garfield autograph letter signed to "My Dear Colonel", 1863 May 6.

Box 21

Gl - Grang

Box 22

Grant - Gwy

Scope and Contents

Includes the following Ulysses S. Grant items: contemporary copy of letter to Simon Bolivar Buckner, 1862 February 16; autograph letter signed to Charles Smith Hamilton, 1863 January 25; autograph letter signed to Henry Halleck, 1863 April 19; autograph military pass signed, 1864 June 5; contemporary copy of testimonial for Giles Alexander Smith, 1867 January 13; contemporary copy of letter to Andrew Johnson, 1868 January 24; contemporary copy of letter to William T. Sherman, 1868 June 2; contemporary copy of letter to Frederick Augustus Pike, 1868 December 22 with autograph letter signed to James Wilson Grimes on reverse; contemporary copy of his inaugural address, 1869; autograph letter signed to Orville Elias Babcock, approximately 1869-1873 July 1; also present are copies of Grant letters to John Clifford Pemberton, 1863 July 3, and to Robert Ould, 1864 November 12; and notes and letter drafts, some autograph, undated.

Box 23

H - Halleck (1862)

Box 24

Halleck (1863) - Harl.

Box 25

Har - Haw

Scope and Contents

Includes Benjamin Harrison letter signed to William E. Doyle, 1882 May 1.

Box 26

Hay - Hig

Scope and Contents

Includes Rutherford B. Hayes autograph letter signed to E.L. Stanton, 1870 August 21.

Box 27

Hil - Hod

Box 28

Hof - Hot

Box 29

Hou - Hy

Box 30

I - Jay

Box 31

Jem - Johnson

Box 32

Johnston

Box 33

Jon - Kem

Box 34

Ken - Lann

Box 35

Lar - Leg

Box 36

Len - Lub

Box 37

Ly - McCon

Box 38

McCook - Macy

Box 39

Mad - Man

Box 40

Mar - Mee

Box 41

Mei - Moore, Jesse

Box 42

Moore, J. - My

Box 43

Nag - Oh

Box 44

Ola - Parke

Box 45

Parker - Pea

Box 46

Pec - Pit

Box 47

Pla - Pra

Box 48

Pre - Ram

Box 49

Ran - Reynolds, Joseph

Box 50

Reynolds, Thomas Caute

Box 51

Rhe - Rod

Box 52

Roe - Sam

Box 53

San - Sco

Box 54

Sea - She

Box 55

Shi - Slo

Box 56

Sma - Smy

Box 57

Sne - Stev.

Box 58

Stew - Sy

Box 59

Ta - Thomas

Box 60

Thomason - Ty

Box 61

Ull - Vor

Box 62

Wad - Way

Box 63

Wea - Whi

Box 64

Whit - Wir

Box 65

Wise - Wit

Box 66

Wor - Wyn

Box 67

Yan - Zul

Miscellaneous material

Physical Description: 20.41 Linear Feet(15 boxes, 2 envelopes)

Arrangement

Materials are grouped by topic or format.

Box 68

South Carolina Artillery 1863-1864

Box 69

South Carolina Calvary 1861-1865

Box 70

Virginia Artillery and Viriginia Calvary 1861-1865

Box 71

Virginia Infantry, 2nd - 34th Regiments 1861-1865

Box 72

Virginia Infantry, 38th - 60th Regiments 1861-1865

Box 73

General Civil War materials and Union materials 1843-1865

Box 74

Confederate States of America 1861-1896

Box 75

Letters to James William Eldridge 1891-1900

Box 76

Miscellanous material, including autographs and calling cards

Box 77

Envelopes with enclosed calling cards, etc.

Box 78

Envelopes with enclosed calling cards, etc.

Box 79

Ephemera and printed materials

Box 80

Ephemera and printed materials

Box 81

Ephemera and printed materials

Box 82

Views and Portraits, Confederate States of America

Volume 83

Henry Warner Slocum: Copybook of orders, instructions, reports, etc. directed to various commanders of the Army of Georgia during the Civil War 1864-1865

Volume 84

G. Davidson: Letterbook of Republican State Central Committee of New York 1860

Collection Contents

Correspondence and documents

Miscellaneous material