Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Thornton family collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-282
Scope and Contents
Collection of the Solomon M. Thornton family of Georgia and Mississippi includes 2 legal papers, 9 Civil War letters, and other letters on family matters. Solomon M. Thornton (circa 1824-1864) served as a Captain in Co. B, 31st Mississippi Regiment in the Civil War, was wounded at Peachtree Creek, and probably killed at the Battle of Franklin. Included are six letters to his wife, Sarah F. Thornton (1829-1880), 1861-1864. Other Civil War letters include a long fragment of a letter from...
Dates:
1849-1895 and undated
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Manuscripts
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Thornton family collection