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Aaron Martin U.S. Civil War letters

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Identifier: MS 0031
Abstract: Correspondence from Aaron Martin to his family regarding personal matters, the U.S. Civil War, and army life.
Dates: 1862 - 1865
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth Correspondence with Vice-Admiral Charles Stirling

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Identifier: MS 0305
Abstract: The collection consists of 3 folders of correspondence dating from 1803-1810, between British Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth as Naval Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica and Vice-Admiral Charles Stirling (1760-1833), Resident Commissioner at Jamaica relating to repairs to ships, stores, defenses and surveys.
Dates: 1803 - 1810
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Albert Sherrad Campbell U.S. Civil War account

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Identifier: MS 0314
Abstract: The manuscript consists of four notebooks, written in the hand of Albert Sherrad Campbell at St. Louis, Missouri, covering the early months of the U.S. Civil War. Included are descriptions of battles and other political and military events.
Dates: 1861 - 1862
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Alexander Hobbs Diary and Bible

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Identifier: MS 0370
Abstract: The Hobbs diary records his experiences as a volunteer recruit in New England, his participation in the Battle of Galveston, and his life as a prisoner in Houston, 1862-1863.
Dates: 1861 - 1863
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Alexander N. Shipley Military Commissions

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Identifier: MS 0328
Abstract: Five commissions recording the military promotions of Alexander N. Shipley from 2nd Lieutenant (1858) to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (1866), and containing either authentic or stamped signatures of U. S. Presidents (James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson); also included is a smaller document relating to Shipley’s promotion to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel .
Dates: 1858 - 1866
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Allen and Morris Business Ledger

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Identifier: MS 0221
Overview This collection contains the business ledger of the firm of Allen and Morris, showing transactions for services and sundries with various persons and companies, including the Confederate States of America. The firm was located in Prattville, Alabama, and the ledger’s entries date from June 27, 1862 to November 15, 1864.
Dates: 1862 - 1864
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

American Defense Group records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0353
Overview This collection contains correspondence, memos, organizational and reading lists, and budget information regarding an organization called the American Defense Group. The Group consisted largely of professors from three California institutions who were interested in assisting the American war effort by reading foreign-language domestic publications and reporting editorial comments to U.S. Naval Intelligence.
Dates: 1941 - 1944
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Americas collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0518
Abstract: Original letters, broadsides, pamphlets, printed materials and books documenting the 19th century and early 20th century political and cultural relationships between the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba, Spain, and Portugal.
Dates: 1811-1920
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Andrew Forest Muir papers

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Identifier: MS 0017
Abstract: This material includes correspondence, research and genealogical notes which reflect the interests of historian and Rice University professor Andrew Forest Muir. They relate to 19th century Texas and Houston history; free African Americans in Texas pre-Civil War; the life and death of William Marsh Rice; the growth of the Catholic, Anglican, and Episcopal Churches in the 19th century via missionary work in Texas and Hawaii; and Hawaiian history, specifically clergymen in Hawaii. These research...
Dates: ca. 1916-1969
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

Ann Marie Stewart Turner correspondence

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Identifier: MS 0114
Abstract: The Ann Marie Turner correspondence consists of a collection of letters primarily between Ann Marie Stewart Turner and her husband, James Turner, a Confederate soldier in the U.S. Civil War. The remaining correspondence in this collection is amongst Mrs. Turner and other family and friends.
Dates: 1851 - 1913
Found in: Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas

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