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Charles W. Gallentine Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gallentine
Abstract

Letters home, 1862-1863, by Charles W. Gallentine of the 7th Illinois Cavalry, from Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., Jacinto and Corinth, Miss., Memphis and LaGrange, Tenn., and Lawrence Co., Ala., regarding camp life, skirmishes, men killed and wounded, Southern guerillas, northern Copperheads and the draft, Southern plantations and slave attitudes, Union and Confederate prisoners, etc.

Dates: 1861-1863

Milo Kendall papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract

Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.

Dates: 1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845-1906

Waller Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Waller
Abstract

Primarily letters of the Waller family, a wealthy, large, educated family from Kentucky, and later Chicago, pertaining mainly to matters of family activity, family devotion to one another, and especially health. Also included are a family genealogy, biography, and letters from Henry Clay and P.G.T. Beauregard. Related family: Alexander

Dates: 1803-1938; Majority of material found within 1803 - 1888

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Correspondence -- 1801-1850 2
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Brothers -- Correspondence 1
Bureau County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Camp Butler (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chattel mortgages -- Illinois 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Children's writings, American 1
Copperhead movement 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- Alabama -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Mississippi -- 1851-1900 1
Correspondence -- Tennessee -- 1851-1900 1
Courtship -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Debtor and creditor -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Deeds -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Diaries -- 1801-1850 1
Diaries -- 1851-1900 1
Divorce -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Divorce suits -- Illinois 1
Elections -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Europe -- Description and travel -- 19th century 1
Families -- Kentucky -- 19th century 1
Families -- Middle West -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Fathers and daughters -- Family relationships 1
Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Female friendship -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Fulton County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 1
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Italy -- Description and travel 1
Law -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History -- 19th century 1
Lawyers -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Leases -- Illinois 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Legal instruments -- Illinois -- Bureau County 1
Manuscripts, American 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Public opinion 1
Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Operational rations (military supplies) -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Pictorial lettersheets -- 1851-1900 1
Practice of law -- Illinois -- Princeton -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Princeton (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroad accidents -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroad law -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroads -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroads -- Right of way -- Illinois -- Cases 1
Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation -- History 1
Real estate business -- Illinois 1
Real estate business -- Law and legislation -- Illinois 1
School prose, American -- Kentucky 1
Scrapbooks 1
Sisters -- Correspondence 1
Slave bills of sale -- Specimens 1
Soldiers -- Alabama -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers -- Tennessee -- Correspondence 1
Soldiers' writings, American 1
Speeches 1
Temperance -- United States -- Public opinion 1
Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
Travelers -- Italy -- Diaries 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public opinion 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Public opinion 1
Upper class -- United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Washington and Lee University -- History 1
Women -- Correspondence 1
Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Women -- England -- Correspondence 1
Women -- England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
Women -- Kentucky -- Correspondence 1
Women -- Kentucky -- Social life and customs -- 19th century 1
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Adams, Daniel W., 1821-1872 1
Alexander family 1
Alexander, Robert Spruel Crawford Aitcheson, 1819-1867 1
American House Hotel (Princeton, Ill.) 1
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893 1