United States

A

Allen, Dr. B.B. , Freeport CA to Dr. Chas. Carothers of Missouri 1869
Andrews Christopher, Letters from Minnesota and Dakota 1856
Andrews William Xavier Letter of February 1969 from William Xavier Andrews in Vietnam about the Tet Offensive Saturday night February 22, 1969
Atkins 1863 Civil War Letter from George B. Atkins to his father from Camp Douglas, Illinois [ CIVIL WAR]

B

Bentley, John September 26, 1813 Letter from American soldier regarding upcoming attacks in Canada
Bush, Alvah Letter to Alvah Bush, Albany New York, from her sister, M. M. Bush, Cooperstown, New York 1843
Baldwin, Simeon Letter to unidentified person from Simeon Baldwin, New Haven, [Connecticut], January 4, 1808
Bradford Mary & Sarah Jane Letter to Mrs. Mary Bradford and sister Sarah Jane, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, from Louisa, York Pennsylvania, 1839
Burt Cornallie Jane Kendrick to her sister, Fannie Clara Kendrick Egger 1901
Baggot Elizabeth, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, to Mrs. Eliza Thornton, Alamucha P. O., Lauderdale County, Mississippi, March 14, 1847
Baker, Neil. Sgt. in 50th N.C. Infantry. Letter to Sarah Jane, 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Baker, Bernice. Postcard sent 1910 New York
Bass Andrew Jackson Bass to his wife Ellender Davis from Camp Lee, VA 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]
Bauer, Moll. Letter from Napoleon (Michigan?) to sister 1864
Bergsland. Postcard to Mrs. Carl (Minnie) Bergsland, Adams, N. Dakota from Alma, 1909
Bidwell, Lucius E. 14th CT Inf to his mother 7 Feb 1864 [ CIVIL WAR]
Boyd Letter from Belle Boyd to her family 16 February 1898 Baxter Alabama
Boyd Collection Letters to Almira Peoples McKean from Effie Peoples Boyd, Grove City, Ohio 1900s
Brooks, William, Co E, 161st NYVI. Collection of 9 Civil War letters 1863, 1864 [ CIVIL WAR]
Brown Collection, Collection of letters from the brothers Alvin and George Brown, Ohio Infantry [ CIVIL WAR]
Brown, William Brown letter from Chatanooga Tennessee [ CIVIL WAR]
Brown, L. D. of Berwyn Illinois to the St Marys Journal newspaper about the capsize of the Eastland steamboat in Chicago IL 26 July 1915
Bugg 1847 letter to Allen C. Tucker from B. N. Bugg & wife Annis Tucker Bugg, Arkansas

C

Carter James in Pembroke Maine to his sister Annie (Mrs. Grenville Redding) September 13, 1864 [ CIVIL WAR]
Case Lester in Tennessee to his sister Sarah (Mrs. Charles Davis) of OH May 16 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Chaffins Nathaniel, Minnesota to John B. Smith, West Virginia 1873
Churchill Caroline Letters from California 1870s
Clarke Letter to R. H. Beattie, care of Dr. F. S. Beattie, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from James Clarke, Havana, Cuba, September 29, 1835
Colby Letter to E. S. Colby, M. D., Cincinnati, Ohio, from Maria, Claremont, New Hampshire, December 26, 1837
Cox A.M. Letter to her son Samuel Jr., Theological Seminary, Chelsea Square, New York, April 12, 1847; postmarked Philadelphia [?], Pennsylvania, April 12
Croft Collection Lt. Col. Edward Croft Collection (11 letters), 14th South Carolina aka Mcgowan’s Brigade [ CIVIL WAR]
Curwin, Joseph 126th PA Inf in VA to sister Mary 10 Nov. 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]
Curtis. Lucinda Curtis & Laura Little. Letter to Mrs. Laura J. Little, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, from Lucinda Curtis, Westmoreland
Cook Letter to Miss Mary C. Cook, Great Falls, New Hampshire, from Fanny, Concord, New Hampshire, 1847

Davis Michael, St. Louis Missouri to Michael & Mary-Ann Davis, County Carlow, Ireland. 1882
Davis Stanley Lt. Civil War Co. D. MI, from Camp Decatur, Alabama 1864 [ CIVIL WAR]
Dexter. Newton Dexter & Mary Dexter Mr. S. Newton Dexter, Whitesborough, New York, from Miss Mary Dexter, Providence, Rhode Island,1823
Daugherty M. Jos. Lancaster, Ohio, October 24, 1842 Letter to his brother Mr. Jas. B. E. Daugherty No. 140/2 High St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
De Camp Collection
Dennis Judson WW1 Collection of letters to his brother and mother in Tennessee and IL, 1917-1919
Dickson Hugh. Betty Johnson of London to Hugh Walter Dickson in Rosemont Kansas 1917
Douglas B. P. in Corydon Indiana 27 Sept. 1855
Downes Collection of letters from John Downes of Ireland, Co. I, 35th Iowa to John Walton [ CIVIL WAR]

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E

Earle Letter from J. M. Earle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to his wife Sarah H. (Hussey) Earle, Care of J. M. Earle, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 28, 1846
Early Collection
Eberlein Collection of Civil War letters from the Eberlein brothers George and Ferdinand to parents 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Edwards. Letter to D. S. Edwards M. D., Surgeon U. S. S. North Carolina, New York, from his brother, H. Edwards, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 20, 1845
Egger Collection

F

Fairchild Collection. Lucius Letters from California during the Gold Rush
Figures Henry S. 48th AL to his father 9 May1861 [ CIVIL WAR]
Foster , L. & P. Springfield, Hamilton, Ohio, to “Mr Isaac Sandford, Near Terra Hoot,” (Terre Haute, Indiana) July 21, 1821
French Letter to Mrs. Amey French care of Calvin French, Esq., Proctorsville, Vermont, from “Amey,” Providence, Rhode Island, February 11, 1848

G

Giesy Letter to Mr. Samuel Giesy, Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, from his mother, Mary M. Giesy, Lancaster, Ohio, December 28, 1843
Gilbert Letter to Mrs. B. C. Attwood, Bangor, Maine, from her brother, Benjamin Gilbert Boston, Massachusetts, July 7, 1842
Gleason Letter to Mr. Franklin Hoskins, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, from Wm. Gleason, Jr., Moresville, New York 1840
Graham William to Winnie Blount, North Carolina 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Gray Cpt. A.D. Gray, 16th RWV to Col. Benjamin Allen 16th Reg WI, from Mississippi 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]

H


Hatch. Letter to Arthur G. Hatch, Esq. American Exchange, Paris, France, from “Perce” – Moore, Low & Sanford, Attorneys and Counsellors, New York, July 14, 1884
Hobecken Postcard to Mrs. Ben (Ella) Hobecken in Williamsville NY from her niece Myra in Portland, Chautaqua Co. NY 1918.
Hoeffel Family Tree Letter from Dr. Gerald Norton Hoeffel to Mrs. Hall 1953
Hogg Letter from Mary New York, to Miss Euphemia Taylor, Norwalk, Connecticut, February 7, 1844
Hoskins Letter to Mrs. S. C. Hoskins, Sheffield, Massachusetts, from her daughter Helen, Hampton, Virginia 1849

I

Ireland, Mrs. George of Texas to editor of newspaper in St Marys Ontario – contains genealogical information

J

Johnson Lt. Joseph Johson, 58th Pennsylvania Inf.re death of Col. John Richter Jones of North Carolian, 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]

K

King Samuel & M.L. Wilkins.Letter to Mr. Samuel V. KING, China Grove, Georgetown, South Carolina, from M. L. Wilkins, Springfield, 1842
King John of Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, to Thomas B. GOULD, Newport, Rhode Island, February 5, 1855
Keller Collection of letters written by Sgt John W. Keller of Kentucky during the Mexican USA War to his family in Pennsylvania
Kent Elenora Kent (Mrs. Peter Van Angelen) Memoirs 1894 mentions Hart family of VA & Latourette Family of Staten Island NY
Koch William Koch Co. F 107th Ohio to his father [ CIVIL WAR]

L

Ladd, Charlotte Letter to Miss Charlotte H. Ladd, Boston Massachusetts, from her mother, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1830
Lawson T.B. AL to Rufus Spalding in Mass. 19 Jan. 1839
Lee Letter to Miss Sarah Lee, Salisbury, Connecticut, from her brother, Jonathan Lee, Hartford, Connecticut 1811
Lovejoy Letter to Miss Louise Lovejoy Care of C. D. FERRIES, Esq., Buffalo, New York, from “Gustaf,” New York, January 20, 1849

M

McCord Alice in Goshen [Indiana?] to her cousin Charles, 14 Sept. 1860
McCoy Robert. Letter to his brother, Joseph in Jackson Co. Va (WV) on March 20, 1831.
McCoy. John McCoy & Thomas Jefferson. Letter from John McCoy, Captain of the Augusta Co. Militia during the Revolutionary War from Staunton, Augusta Co. Virginia to Thomas Jefferson, 1781
McFadden H.C. Grovers Mills to his uncle R. S. MCKENDLESS 1855
Mahanay Collection H.N. 5 Letters written in 1898 by Henry Newton Mahanay born 2 Feb 1872 in Bourbon, MO
Markle Richard, Co. B. 40th Reg. Ill Int. Statement from his Civil War Pension File [ CIVIL WAR]
Mason John H., 52 NC Inf. to brother from camp in VA 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]
Masters Letter to Mrs. Henry W. (Martha) TAYLOR, Care of C. C. Trowbridge, Detroit, Michigan, from her father, M. O. MASTERS, Montgomery, Alabama, December 20 and 24, 1840
Maxwell Collection James Maxwell. 127th IL, letters to his family 1863 – 1873 [ CIVIL WAR]
Miller Collection, Johnson Miller, Crpl 40th Reg. Iowa – collection of letters 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Miller Letter to Mrs. E.E. Garber, Aspin, Pitkin Co., Colorado from Eliza Harman Winder Miller of Eldon, Iowa shortly before her death in 1889
Moore C.M. from NY to cousin Cynthia 1869
Moore Collection. Letters from Philip Boardman in Bolton Eng. to Alice Marsh Moore & James Moore in Michigan, from William Marsh to sister Alice Moore 1826-1837
Morse Erwin to his sister while serving in the Navy during the Spanish-American War, 1898
Mullet Collection of Civil War Letters from Myron Mullet, Company “F”, 26th Iowa Infantry, to his wife [ CIVIL WAR]

N

Northrop. John & Anna Northrup – Lydia Wells. Letter to Mr. John H. and Anna Northrop, Hebron, Washington County, New York, from Lydia Wells, Lisbon 1829

O

Overman Oscar, 103rd IL Inf. From Steamer Rocket to Emma Wadsworth 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]

P

Parker Nahum in Washington to his wife Polly in NH. 1809
Parr Letter to Sarah Parr in Higginsport Ohio from her niece in Bradford Kentucky
Parsons Col. John E. from Toledo, Ohio to B. Perry, Esq. September 13, 1880
Parsons Letter from Mary P. Parsons, Goshen, Massachusetts, to her cousin Miss Julia A. Joy, Care of C. C. Grugan, No. 140 Chesnut Str., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1843
Pearson Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Faries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Eunice B. Pearson, West Chester, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1839
Pease Collection Letters from Corp. George Pease 75th NY Reg. 1862, 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Peckham Collection. George Franklin Collection C Co. Wisconsin Civil War Memoirs 1906, 1910
Peer, Levi Letter from Halton Co. Ont. to his mother Elizabeth (Marical) Peer in Hamilton Co. IL 5 Aug. 1839
Perry Collection. Francis M. Perry Collection of Civil War letters to his parents in Michigan. 1863-1865 [ CIVIL WAR]
Pinkerton Letter to Mr. Alex. R. Pinkerton, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio, from his son, D. C. Pinkerton, Zanesville, Ohio, August 20, 1834

R

Rasch Postcard 1917 New York to Margaret Rasch in Buffalo NY
Reid Collection of Letters from Belfast Ireland to USA (NY?) 1860s
Rice Allen & Edith. Postcard July 1917 to Mrs. George Weust, West Valley, NY

S

S.S. Alice in Iowa to her grandparents 1890
Sandford Belinda. to Sarah Sandford from her mother, written on January 21, 1856.
Slack Collection Letters from the Robert N. Slack from Kentucky, Texas & California to his siblings 1845-1852
Sparrow Thomas Snow, Ships’ Capt. writes to sister “Sall” from San Francisco, California 1853
Spencer Letter from Henry T. Spencer Albany, New York, to Mr. George S. Riley, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, April 6, 1849
Steele James. Washington City, D. C., to George E. Levings, Esq., Cashier, Edgar Co. Bank, Paris, Illinois, April 10, 1861.
Stone Arthur, Mass. Inf. Co 34 Collection of letters to his mother 1862 & 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Swisshelm Collection of Jane Swisshelm Letters of an Abolitionist in Minnesota 1858-1865
Smith Nelson Franklin Smith, LaFayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana to Lucius D Smith, New London, Oneida Co, New York 1843
Smith Cousin Rebecca to to Lucius D. Smith, New London, Oneida co, New York 1825
Sharpless Jacob & Blakey Letter to Jacob Sharpless, care of Dr. Parrish, Philadelphia Pennsylvania from Blakey Sharpless, Weston

T

Tatchin. John S. Tatchin of Michigan to his mother regarding the California Gold Rush
Taylor Letter to Mrs. Henry W. “Martha” Taylor Care of C. C. Trowbridge, Esqr., Detroit, Michigan, from her father, M. O. MASTERS, Montgomery, Alabama, December 20 and 24, 1840
Terry Letter to Mrs. Julia E. Terry Care of Ward Woodbridge, Esq., Hartford, Connecticut, from her husband, Charles A. Terry, Cleveland, Ohio, August 17, 1842
Tet Offensive Letter of February 1969 from William Xavier Andrews in Vietnam Saturday night February 22, 1969
Thackeray , Charlotte (Mrs. Musgrove) New York to brother Peter in Ontario Canada, 1907
Thomson Letter to Mr. A. J. [L. J.?] MILLARD, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio, from W. A. Thomson Concord, Pennsylvania October 19, 1845
Tucker 1847 Family Tree Letter to Allen C. Tucker in Marshall Co. Tennessee from B. N. BUGG, his brother-in-law, and wife Annis Tucker Bugg in Johnson City, Arkansas
Twist George from Santa Clara California during the Gold Rush to brother R. P. Twist in Yellow Sping, Ohio, 1859

U

Unsigned letter from Ora at Easter. Surames mentioned are Killion, King, Easterley, Williamson

V

Van Arsdale Letter to Dr. H. Van Arsdale, Atlantic Hotel, New York, from W. H. Harrison, New Orleans, Louisiana 1845
Van Fastious/Eastious Postcard to Bertha from daughter Bertha, New York City 1927

W

White Collection of letters from Luella WHITE in Perth Amboy N.J. to Edith Williams , Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA
Whitman Letter to Mrs. Charlotte H. Perley, Care of Major T. Perley, Naples, Cumberland County, Maine, from Charles Whitman, Washington City, D. C., March 10, 1840
Williams J.D. Sept 27th, 1864 Petersburg VA To Molsey M. Williams [ CIVIL WAR]
Wuest Ella. Postcard 1918 to Mrs. George Weust, West Valley, NY