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Gardner (James H.) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-38
Scope and Content Note

The James H. Gardner Collection contains business records from various Mississippians. Masonic Letters from the New Hope Lodge. Personal correspondences between several Gardners’. As well as a Civil War letter and a miscellaneous collection of papers, prescriptions, political advertisements and election materials-hand bills. The content is in the form of paper and Photostat.

Dates: 1846 - 1948; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1890
Found in: Manuscripts

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana - Original Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: FVW-MANU
Scope and Content This collection contains a variety of materials broken down into six series, most of which relates to the Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. The first, Abraham Lincoln Legal Documents, contains documents penned and/or signed in Lincoln’s hand, including legal proceedings, affidavits, and jury notes. The second series, Abraham Lincoln Correspondence, contains letters Lincoln created over the course of his legal career and presidency. Miscellaneous Legal Documents make up the next...
Dates: 1768 - 1992