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Robert Anderson papers, 1819-1948

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BOX 1-17 General Correspondence, 1819-1870
Bound volumes of correspondence, including a journal of 1838-1841, followed by a letterbook and loose correspondence.
Bound volumes of correspondence are arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 Includes journal for 1838-1841, 13 Dec. 1819-5 Mar. 1836, 1838-1841
BOX 2 9 Mar. 1836-21 Sept. 1839
BOX 3 23 Sept. 1839-29 Mar. 1842
BOX 4 30 Mar. 1842-7 Feb. 1846
BOX 5 9 Feb. 1846-1 Apr. 1847
BOX 6 4 Apr. 1847-19 Sept. 1853
BOX 7 26 Sept. 1853-12 Nov. 1859
BOX 8 15 Nov. 1859-28 Dec. 1860
BOX 9 29 Dec. 1860-10 Jan. 1861
BOX 10 11 Jan. 1861-12 Feb. 1861
BOX 11 13 Feb.-11 Apr. 1861
BOX 12 12 Apr.-17 May 1861
BOX 13 18 May-24 Aug. 1861
BOX 14 25 Aug. 1861-7 Jan. 1862
BOX 15 9 Jan. 1862-12 May 1864
BOX 16 14 May 1864-29 Aug. 1870, undated
BOX 17 Letterbook of correspondence written from Trenton, N. J., 8 Jan. 1856-24 Oct. 1859
BOX 17 Letters
BOX 17 To Nathaniel Silsbee, 22 June 1858
BOX 17 To Nathaniel Silsbee, 9 Dec. 1859
BOX 17 To Nathaniel Silsbee, 26 Jan. 1861
BOX 17 To Lloyd Tilghman, 20 Mar. 1861
BOX 17 To Nathaniel Silsbee, 30 May 1861
BOX 17-18 Miscellany, 1838-1911
Presentation copies of books, clippings and other printed matter, commissions, and miscellaneous material.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.
BOX 17 Book of clippings about Anderson, including letters from authors who dedicated hymns and poems to Anderson, 2 Jan. 1861-Oct. 1871
BOX 17 Commissions and certificates See Oversize
BOX 17 Discharge certificate of Jean Botzy, First Regiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique, 31 Dec. 1838
BOX 17 "Evolutions of Batteries," 1840, published in 1860 by United States War Department, Evolutions of Field Batteries of Artillery, 1840; 1860
BOX 17 "Instruction for Siege, Garrison, & Sea Coast Artillery," including draft of "Evolutions of Field Batteries of Artillery," 1843
BOX 17 Photolitho facsimile of telegram, Anderson to Simon Cameron, 18 Apr. 1861
BOX 17 Presentation volumes
BOX 17 Soldier and Pioneer: a Biographical Sketch of Lt. Col. Richard C. Anderson of the Continental Army by E. L. Anderson (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1879. 63 pp.)
BOX 17 Major Robert Anderson and Fort Sumter 1861, by Eba Anderson Lawton (New York: Knickerbacker Press, 1911. 19 pp.)
BOX 17 The Political Conspiracies Preceding the Rebellion or The True Stories of Sumter and Pickens, by Thomas M. Anderson (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. 100 pp.)
BOX 17 Within Fort Sumter by One of the Company (New York: N. Tibbals & Co., 1861. 72 pp.)
BOX 18 Miscellaneous clippings and printed matter
BOX 18 Activities of Eba Anderson Lawton (daughter)
BOX 18 Attack on Fort Sumter, S.C.
BOX 19 Eba Anderson Lawton Papers, 1833-1919
Mainly letters received by Lawton regarding Robert Anderson.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 19 Letters received by Lawton pertaining to a memorial to Robert Anderson, the Fort Sumter, S.C., flag controversy, and the publication of "The History of the Soldier's Home," 1833-1919
BOX 19 Addition, 1861-1948
Photocopies of annotated drawing by Truman Seymour of Cummings Point near Fort Sumter, S.C.
BOX 19 Annotated drawing of Cummings Point near Fort Sumter, S.C., by Truman Seymour, negative and positive photocopies, 1861, 1948
BOX OV 1 Oversize
Commissions and certificates.
Described according to the series and container from which it was removed.
BOX OV 1 Commissions and certificates (Container 17)

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