Grant (Campbell) Collection, ca. 1861-1864

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Summary

Title:
Campbell Grant Collection,
Dates:
ca. 1861-1864
Creators:
Grant, Campbell
Extent:
.8 linear feet (2 albums and 1 half-size document box)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

Campbell Grant Collection. Wyles Mss 49. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains more than 300 Patriotic Civil War covers, mainly Union and unused, and eight letter press copies of blockade run invoices and letters. The covers are arranged by type in two albums, housed in slipcases. A description at the front of the first album indicates that most of the covers were produced during the early part of the war and were collected by James Wilson, a druggist in Tekonsha, Michigan.

Printers represented in the collection include:

Union
  • Baltimore - J. W. Bond
  • Boston - Wm. Forbes.
  • Buffalo - Young, Lockwood.
  • Cincinnati - J. Gates, W. Wiswell, Mumford.
  • Hartford - Car Bell, A. S. Robinson.
  • Lancaster, PA _ S. H. Zahm.
  • New York - Union Stationery Depoot, Reagles & Co., Berlin & Jones, S. raynor, D. Murphy, J. C. Wells, Francis & Loutrel, W. Redenburgh, Brown & Ryan, Simson, J & H Hasbrouk, Gay & Hollingshead, N. Tibbals, Charles F. Senneborn.
  • Milwaukee - L. Lipman.
  • Philadelphia - Upham, Magee, E. Rogers, King & Baird.
  • Salem - G. M. Whipple.
Confederate
  • Charleston - G. W. Faley
  • New Orleans - Envelope Depot.

The blockade run invoices and letters are from William P. Campbell, an agent in St. George, Bermuda, to Col. Sewell L. Fremont in Wilmington, North Carolina. The papers accompanied cargo that was run through the Union blockade by Confederate or British blockade runners from February to August 1864.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mrs. Campbell Grant, 1994.
Physical location:
Vault

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by D. Tambo
Date Prepared:
© 2003
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 05 May 2003 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

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:

Campbell Grant Collection. Wyles Mss 49. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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