Box 2
Container
Contains 34 Collections and/or Records:
Series II: Correspondence, 1875-1930
Series — Box: 2, Folder: 1-5
Scope and Contents note
Although there are only two letters from family in the Correspondence Series, we get a glimpse into the feelings that Dr. Cyrus Smith held for his family, by reading the poem that is included in his letter to his brother Samuel Smith.The business correspondence includes two letters addressed to a Cotton Brokerage firm in South Carolina pertaining to the purchase of Edward, an enslaved man, and his forced delivery to his new enslaver. The business correspondence also includes Bills...
Dates:
1875-1930
From Mother to Cyrus Smith, 1875
File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Although there are only two letters from family in the Correspondence Series, we get a glimpse into the feelings that Dr. Cyrus Smith held for his family, by reading the poem that is included in his letter to his brother Samuel Smith.The business correspondence includes two letters addressed to a Cotton Brokerage firm in South Carolina pertaining to the purchase of Edward, an enslaved man, and his forced delivery to his new enslaver. The business correspondence also includes Bills...
Dates:
1875
Cyrus Smith to Samuel Smith (Brother), 1877
File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Although there are only two letters from family in the Correspondence Series, we get a glimpse into the feelings that Dr. Cyrus Smith held for his family, by reading the poem that is included in his letter to his brother Samuel Smith.The business correspondence includes two letters addressed to a Cotton Brokerage firm in South Carolina pertaining to the purchase of Edward, an enslaved man, and his forced delivery to his new enslaver. The business correspondence also includes Bills...
Dates:
1877
Mary Smith to Caroline Davis, 1925-1930
File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Although there are only two letters from family in the Correspondence Series, we get a glimpse into the feelings that Dr. Cyrus Smith held for his family, by reading the poem that is included in his letter to his brother Samuel Smith.The business correspondence includes two letters addressed to a Cotton Brokerage firm in South Carolina pertaining to the purchase of Edward, an enslaved man, and his forced delivery to his new enslaver. The business correspondence also includes Bills...
Dates:
1925-1930
Mitchell Cotton Co. (including Bills of Lading), 1856
File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Although there are only two letters from family in the Correspondence Series, we get a glimpse into the feelings that Dr. Cyrus Smith held for his family, by reading the poem that is included in his letter to his brother Samuel Smith.The business correspondence includes two letters addressed to a Cotton Brokerage firm in South Carolina pertaining to the purchase of Edward, an enslaved man, and his forced delivery to his new enslaver. The business correspondence also includes Bills...
Dates:
1856
General Correspondence, 1859-1958
File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
Although there are only two letters from family in the Correspondence Series, we get a glimpse into the feelings that Dr. Cyrus Smith held for his family, by reading the poem that is included in his letter to his brother Samuel Smith.The business correspondence includes two letters addressed to a Cotton Brokerage firm in South Carolina pertaining to the purchase of Edward, an enslaved man, and his forced delivery to his new enslaver. The business correspondence also includes Bills...
Dates:
1859-1958
Series III: Military, 1862-1875
Series — Box: 2, Folder: 6-17
Scope and Contents note
This series contains the personal diary of Dr. Smith written while awaiting his discharge at the end of the Civil War, military passes, some of Dr. Smith's enlistment and discharge papers, hospital orders and a list of medical supplies.
There is also a folder of correspondence written during the war, along with a box of buttons from a Civil War uniform, which may have come from the uniform of Dr. Smith.
There is also a folder of correspondence written during the war, along with a box of buttons from a Civil War uniform, which may have come from the uniform of Dr. Smith.
Dates:
1862-1875
Correspondence, 1862-1865
File — Box: 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This series contains the personal diary of Dr. Smith written while awaiting his discharge at the end of the Civil War, military passes, some of Dr. Smith's enlistment and discharge papers, hospital orders and a list of medical supplies.
There is also a folder of correspondence written during the war, along with a box of buttons from a Civil War uniform, which may have come from the uniform of Dr. Smith.
There is also a folder of correspondence written during the war, along with a box of buttons from a Civil War uniform, which may have come from the uniform of Dr. Smith.
Dates:
1862-1865
General Orders, 1863
File — Box: 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This series contains the personal diary of Dr. Smith written while awaiting his discharge at the end of the Civil War, military passes, some of Dr. Smith's enlistment and discharge papers, hospital orders and a list of medical supplies.
There is also a folder of correspondence written during the war, along with a box of buttons from a Civil War uniform, which may have come from the uniform of Dr. Smith.
There is also a folder of correspondence written during the war, along with a box of buttons from a Civil War uniform, which may have come from the uniform of Dr. Smith.
Dates:
1863
Receipts for Supplies and Arms, 1863-1865
File — Box: 2, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This series contains the personal diary of Dr. Smith written while awaiting his discharge at the end of the Civil War, military passes, some of Dr. Smith's enlistment and discharge papers, hospital orders and a list of medical supplies.
There is also a folder of correspondence written during the war, along with a box of buttons from a Civil War uniform, which may have come from the uniform of Dr. Smith.
There is also a folder of correspondence written during the war, along with a box of buttons from a Civil War uniform, which may have come from the uniform of Dr. Smith.
Dates:
1863-1865