Letters

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Title Author Recipient Datesort ascending From To Collection
Benson10 Mary Benson Fleetwood Benson April 8, 1865 Clover Creek, Blair County, PA Hilton Head Island, SC Fleetwood Benson Papers
Compton6 John W. Compton Naomi Compton , Mary Jane Compton April 8, 1865 Beverly, WV Indiana County, PA John W. Compton Letters
Boyer28 Peter Boyer Jr. Peter Boyer Sr. April 7, 1865 Chapel Point, MD Lancaster County, PA Boyer Family Papers
Benson8 Fleetwood Benson Mary Benson April 6, 1865 Hilton Head Island, SC Clover Creek, Blair County, PA Fleetwood Benson Papers
Benson9 Mary Benson Fleetwood Benson April 6, 1865 Clover Creek, Blair County, PA Hilton Head Island, SC Fleetwood Benson Papers
Nesbitt19 Harrison Nesbitt Jemima Nesbitt April 5, 1865 Faison, NC Jackson Township, Luzerne County, PA Harrison Nesbitt Collection
Bamberger6 Zachariah Bamberger Barbara Bamberger April 4, 1865 McConnellsburg, Fulton County, PA Cumberland County, PA Zachariah Bamberger Papers
Benson7 Fleetwood Benson Mary Benson April 2, 1865 Hilton Head Island, SC Clover Creek, Blair County, PA Fleetwood Benson Papers
Culbertson15 Joel Andrew Culbertson Susan Culbertson April 2, 1865 Laurens County, SC J. M. Culbertson Papers, 1862-1865
Bleckley17 Franklin A. Bleckley Charles Bleckley, Ann Bleckley, Bleckley April 2, 1865 Greensboro, Guilford County, NC Catawba County, NC F. A. Bleckley Papers
Bleckley17 Franklin A. Bleckley Charles Bleckley, Ann Bleckley, Bleckley April 2, 1865 Greensboro, Guilford County, NC Catawba County, NC F. A. Bleckley Papers
Compton5 John W. Compton Naomi Compton , Mary Jane Compton April 2, 1865 Green Spring, VA Indiana County, PA John W. Compton Letters
Bleckley17 Franklin A. Bleckley Charles Bleckley, Ann Bleckley, Bleckley April 2, 1865 Greensboro, Guilford County, NC Catawba County, NC F. A. Bleckley Papers
Holman27 Sarah Mitchell Isabell Holman April 2, 1865 Oxford County, ME Freland Holman Civil War Document Collection
Compton5 John W. Compton Naomi Compton , Mary Jane Compton April 2, 1865 Green Spring, VA Indiana County, PA John W. Compton Letters
Hammond21 Jairus Hammond Abby Putnam April 2, 1865 Winchester, VA Wendell Depot, Franklin County, MA Jairus Hammond Collection
Benson6 Mary Benson Fleetwood Benson March 31, 1865 Clover Creek, Blair County, PA Hilton Head Island, SC Fleetwood Benson Papers
Bamberger5 Zachariah Bamberger Barbara Bamberger March 31, 1865 McConnellsburg, Fulton County, PA Cumberland County, PA Zachariah Bamberger Papers
Boyer27 Peter Boyer Jr. Peter Boyer Sr. March 30, 1865 Chapel Point, MD Lancaster County, PA Boyer Family Papers
Breneman5 Amos Breneman Abraham Good March 30, 1865 NC Breneman Letters
Nesbitt18 Harrison Nesbitt Jemima Nesbitt March 28, 1865 Faison, NC Jackson Township, Luzerne County, PA Harrison Nesbitt Collection
Cox5 W. Frank Cox Edwin A. Cox March 28, 1865 Belfast, ME Oxford County, ME W. Frank Cox Collection
Compton4 John W. Compton Naomi Compton , Mary Jane Compton March 26, 1865 Green Spring, WV Green Spring, PA John W. Compton Letters
Bleckley16 Franklin A. Bleckley Charles Bleckley, Ann Bleckley, Bleckley March 26, 1865 Greensboro, Guilford County, NC Catawba County, NC F. A. Bleckley Papers
Bleckley16 Franklin A. Bleckley Charles Bleckley, Ann Bleckley, Bleckley March 26, 1865 Greensboro, Guilford County, NC Catawba County, NC F. A. Bleckley Papers
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