Nichols family archive

Box 1

Correspondence

Folder 1

(1859, Jan. 1), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 2

(1859, Feb. 25), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Emeline Pope Nichols

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 3

(1859, Feb. 2), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 4

(1859, Mar. 13), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 5

(1859, Mar. 13), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to "Sister"

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 6

(1859, Apr. 10), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to "Sister"

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 7

(1859, May 1), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to "Father, Mother, Brothers & Sisters"

Location: About 50 miles beyond Kansas City

Folder 8

(1859, June 8), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Kendall Nichols

Location: Kansas City (Mo.)

Folder 9

(1859, Nov. 18), Nichols, Smith Woodward, Jr. A.L.S. to [George Granville Nichols]

Location: United States Naval Academy

Folder 10

(1860, Jan. 11), Nichols, Smith Woodward, Jr. A.L.S. to George Granville Nichols

Location: United States Naval Academy

Folder 11

(1860, Feb. 6), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 12

(1860, Mar. 25), Nichols, Smith Woodward A.L.S. to [George Granville Nichols]

Location :

Folder 13

(1860, Mar. 29), Nichols, Smith Woodward A.L.S. to George Granville Nichols

Location: Melrose (Mass.)

Folder 14

(1860, Sep. 1), Nichols, Kendall A.L.S. to George Granville Nichols

Location: Saint Joseph (Mo.)

Folder 15

(1860, Nov. 7), Peck, J.M. A.L.S. to [George Granville Nichols]

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 16

(1860, Nov. 11), [Hayek, E.O.?] A.L.S. to George Granville Nichols

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 17

(1860, Nov. 11), [Nichols], Fred A.L.S. to George Granville Nichols

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 18

(1860, Nov. 25), [Hayek, E.O.?] A.L.S. to George Granville Nichols

Location: Davenport (Iowa)

Folder 19

(1862, Dec. 8), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: On Board Steam Propellor [sic] Quinebaug

Folder 20

(1862, Dec. 15), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Port Royal (S.C.)

Folder 21

(1862, Dec. 21), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to "Parents, Brothers, & Sisters, & Friends"

Location: On Board Steam Propellor [sic] Quinebaug

Folder 22

(1862, Dec. 29), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols and Emeline Pope Nichols

Location: Onboard Steamer Quinebaug

Folder 23

(1862, Dec. 31), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. "Sister"

Location: New Orleans (La.)

Folder 24

(1863, Jan. 9), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Carrollton (New Orleans, La.)

Folder 25

(1863, Jan. 18), [Nichols, George Granville] A.L. to "Father, Mother, Brothers & Sisters, & Friends"

Location: Mansfield (La.)

Folder 26

(1863, Feb. 26), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Camp Farr, Bayou Gentilly (La.)

Folder 27

(1863, Mar. 5), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S to "Father, Mother, and all hands"

Location: Camp Farr, Bayou Gentilly (La.)

Sketch of defenses on p. 3

Folder 28

(1863, Mar. 30), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Camp Farr (La.)

Folder 29

1863, Apr. 3), [Nichols, George Granville] A.L. to "Sister"

Location: New Orleans (La.)

Incomplete?

Folder 30

(1863, Apr. 11), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to "Sisters"

Location: Camp Farr, Bayou Gentilly (La.)

Folder 31

(1863, Apr. 19), [Nichols, George Granville] A.L. to "Sister"

Location: Location: New Orleans (La.)

Incomplete

Folder 32

(1863, May 8), [Nichols, George Granville] A.L. to Adelaide A. Nichols

Location: Camp Farr, New Orleans (La.)

Incomplete

Folder 33

(1863, May 12), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Location: Camp Farr, New Orleans (La.)

Folder 34

(1863, May 20), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Camp Farr, New Orleans (La.)

Folder 35

(1863, May 22), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to "Sister"

Location: Camp Farr, New Orleans (La.)

Folder 36

(1863, May 26), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to "Sister"

Location: Camp Farr, New Orleans (La.)

Folder 37

(1863, June 13), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Camp Farr, New Orleans (La.)

Folder 38

(1863, June 18), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to [Sister]

Location: Camp Farr, New Orleans (La.)

Folder 39

(1863, June 23), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: New Orleans (La.)

Folder 40

(1863, June 29), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to "Brother"

Location: New Orleans (La.)

Folder 41

(1863, June 30), Nichols, Smith Woodward, Jr. A.L.S. to George Granville Nichols

Location: New York (State)

Folder 42

(1863, July 1), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: New Orleans (La.)

Folder 43

(1863, July 23), [Nichols, George Granville] A.L. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Algiers (New Orleans, La.)

Folder 44

[1863], Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to ----- -----

Location: [New Orleans (La.)]

Incomplete

Folder 45

[1863], Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to ----- -----

Location: [New Orleans (La.)]

Incomplete

Folder 46

(1864, Mar. 20), Carlton, A.S. A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Brownville (N.Y.)

Folder 47

(1864, Aug. 14), Jones, Edward J. A.L.S. to "Miss Baxter"

Location: Petersburg (Va.)

Folder 48

(1864, Aug. 27), Dunbar, Charles C. A.L.S. to Susie G. Baxter

Location: Boston (Mass.)

Folder 49

(1864, Nov. 12), Nichols, Smith Woodward, Jr. A.L.S. to [George Granville Nichols]

Location: Shenandoah (Screw sloop)

Folder 50

(1865, Jan. 18), Nichols, Smith Woodward A.L.S. to [George Granville Nichols]

Location: Melrose (Mass.)

Written on Waverly Royal Arch Chapter printed document

Folder 51

(1865, Jan. 21), Nichols, Smith Woodward, Jr. A.L.S. to [George Granville Nichols]

Location: Shenandoah (Screw sloop)

Folder 52

(1865, Feb. 3), Nichols, Smith Woodward A.L.S. to George Granville Nichols

Location: Location: Melrose (Mass.)

Written on Waverly Royal Arch Chapter printed document

Folder 53

(1865, Feb. 28), ----- ----- A.L. to Walter B. Dick

Location: Arlington (Va.)

Incomplete

Folder 54

(1865, Feb. 28), ----- ----- A.L.S. to J.M. Reno

Location: Arlington (Va.)

Verso: Signatures

Folder 55

(1865, Mar. 15), Nichols, Smith Woodward, Jr. A.L.S. George Granville Nichols

Location: USS Passaic

Folder 56

(1865, Mar. 16), Dick, Walter B. A.L.S. to J.M. Reno

Location: Fort Corcoran (Arlington, Va.)

Folder 57

(1865, May 26), Nichols, George Granville A.L.S. to Smith Woodward Nichols

Location: Richmond (Va.)

Folder 58

(1865, Dec. 7), Nichols, Smith Woodward, Jr. A.L.S. to Kendall Nichols

Location: Shenandoah (Screw sloop)

Folder 59

(186-, May 24), Marden, Emmeline Pope (Nichols) A.L.S. to "Brother"

Location: Washington [(D.C.)]

Postscript from Addie F. Marden

Folder 60

[186-], ----- ----- A.L.S. to [Lewis B. Co---is?]

Draft?

Folder 61

(1899, Jan. 29), United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions L.S. to "Mrs. Nichols"

Signed by Jacob H. (Jacob Harold) Gallinger, 1837-1918

Box 2

Manuscript volumes

Volume 1

(1880) Torpedoes. Cmdr. S.W. Nichols, U.S.N. U.S. Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I. [Cover title]

Volume 2

(1880) Explosives. Cmdr. S.W. Nichols, U.S.N. U.S. Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I. [Cover title]

Location :

Volume 3

(1880) Electricity. Cmdr. S.W. Nichols, U.S.N. U.S. Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I. [Cover title]

Box 3

Miscellaneous correspondence, documents, and photographs

Folder 1

Affidavit -- Notice of Appointment, (1865, Apr. 15)

Filed by Elijah Baxter regarding Erasmus Thomas' estate

Included: Letter from U.S.A. General Hospital related to Thomas' death, Mar. 14, 1865

Folder 2

Appointment -- Commonwealth of Massachusetts to George Granville Nichols, (1864, Aug. 18)

Folder 3

Blank form -- Post Historian, Record Book, [after 1863]

Filled out by George Granville Nichols

Folder 4

Blank form -- Volunteer Enlistment, (1862, Sep.)

Filled out by John Carvey

Folder 5

Cartes-de-visite (card photographs), [1865]

1. Nichols, George Granville; Cushing, -----; and Cranston, -----, [1865]. Cross, Daniel (b. 1836), photographer. Cross & Childs, Forts Richardson & Lyon, Va. The partnership Cross & Childs was licensed in May 1865; 2. Cushing, -----? with unidentified woman. Ulke, Henry (1821-1910), photographer; and 3. Nichols, George Granville, Mass. Heavy Artillery Reg., 4th. Barbour, Thomas, photographer. T. Barbour, 88 Hanover Street, Boston

Folder 6

Certificate -- Commonwealth of Massachusetts to George Granville Nichols, (1864, Apr. 29)

Folder 7

Commemorative medal -- [Nichols, Smith Woodward, Jr.], [undated]

For service in the United States. Navy

Folder 8

Correspondence (letters) -- United States. Army. Quartermaster General's Office to George Granville Nichols, (1865-1868)

Related to returns

Folder 9

Correspondence (letters) -- United States. Department of the Treasury to George Granville Nichols, (1865-1867)

Related to letters of settlement and returns

Included: Reply letter from Nichols, July 13, 1865

Folder 10

Correspondence (letters) -- United States. War Department. Subsistence Department to George Granville Nichols, (1865)

Included: Printed Circular No. 1

Folder 11

Daguerreotypes (photographs) -- [Nichols, George Granville], [1855]

Higgins, Oscar T., (active Boston, Massachusetts 1854 – 1864)

Housed in original thermoplastic case

Folder 12

Discharge -- Greene, Rufus C., (1863, Aug. 20

Torn

Folder 13

Discharge -- Nichols, George Granville, (1863, Aug. 20)

Folder 14

Empty envelope, [1860s]

Folder 15

Lists (documents genre) -- Nichols, George Granville, (1865)

Received of…the following clothing, camp and garrison equipage, at Camp Meigs, Readville, Mass.; Received of…the number of copies of Military Register

Folder 16

Memoriam -- In Memoriam. George Granville Nichols, [1899]

Folder 17

Orders (military records) -- Special Order No. 5, 13, 71, 116, 173, and 223; General Order No. 14, (1863-1865)

Included: Printed copy; retained copy; and extracts

Folder 18

Printout -- Nichols, Smith Woodward, Jr., [1873]

Computer printout of photo # NH 43226 from Naval History and Heritage Command

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