Nelson, Richard "Dick" collection

All original hand-written correspondence.

Box:

Folder 1. Correspondence from State of Louisiana regarding Lousiana CSA Veterans surnamed Taylor

Folder 2:

- Receipt from from Jim Hayes Antiquarium, James Island, SC.

- "Union Generals" sleeve: Five letters from Warren Parsons [sp?] 37th Mass. Inf.

- "The Confederacy" sleeve: Letter by Robert H Wynne, Alabama, CSA

- "Letter May 7, 1865 Concerning a clerk of QM final pay $10" from Frank Wolfe

- "Final pay and bounty for a soldier of the 5th Mo (Union) Cavalry 1864, $15" Pvt William Cravat [sp?]

- "The Union" sleeve: "Sister's letter" 1863 Oct 11. To sister, from sister R.E.C. From North Hoosick [sp?]. Also named Marilla, Orin, Warner, Nate Bishop, aunt Ruth, and Luke. Also, General Order No 76, Musters out of Volunteers, Dept of the Gulf, New Orleans.

- Army of the Potomac letter to 44th NY surgeon Major Frothingham [sp?]. 1883 March 5.

- Letter, Dept of the Gulf, New Orleans, 1866 Nov 11. to Mr J H Mailin [sp?]

- Letter, Dept of the Tennessee, LaGrange Tenn. 1962 Nov 7. To Maj Gen J B McPherson. From Col. George P Thrie [sp?] on behalf of Maj Gen Grant.

Folder 3:

- "The Confederacy" sleeve: Major James G Paxton letter. Sept 28 1863? Receipt from from Jim Hayes Antiquarium, James Island, SC. Three Parsons letters, Fredricksburg, March 28 1863.

- William L Emery [sp?] letter. Richmond VA, May 29 1862

- "Union Generals" sleeve: Edmund Schriver letter, Union, Yourk PA, March 31 1828

- Telegraph, G. B. McClellan, Dec 24 1862. To Col E H Wright.

Folder 4:

- Abraham Lincoln letter. Oct 17 1864. Written by Dr T E Mitchell and signed by Lincoln with note to parole Pvt Arthur Taylor, 8th Louisiana.

Folder 5: Poem "One Little Rose ..."

Folder 6: CDV photo of Gen Grant. "The Union" sleeve: Rev H H Meliman letter. Whitehall [sp?] Place, May 29 1845. Substistance report, 3rd Div. 3rd Corps, signed Capt E M Michauman [sp?]

Folder 7: Gov of New Jersey Joseph Bloomfield letter.

Folder 8:

- Gen Joe Hooker CDV.

- Samuel Tooley [sp?] letter, May 14th 1863? notes death of Stonewall Jackson and battle losses.

- (2) Corporal Thomas W. Gardner letters. Co H, 14th Conn. Vols.

Folder 9: Emil Schalk, 247 South Third Street, Philidelphia? letter to Brig Gen W. Burns, 22 May 1863.

Folder 10: USMC "In Grateful Memory" certificate for Pvt John Louis Pietz, killed Oct 5 1918.

Folder 11:

- Charles D Kelly letter. Waynesboro Tennessee, Jan 1 1865. Battle of Nashville. Union losses.

- Charles D Kelly letter. Nashville Tennessee, Dec 7 1864.

- Dauphin Island, Alabama letter. March 12, 1865.

- Alex Martin letter to Col R G Woodson, 3rd Missouri Cavalry commander. Sept 7, 1863.

Folder 12: receipts to Dick Nelson for Colonial Wine Bottles (not donated to museum)

Folder 13:

- "The Union" sleeve: Capt Arthur McClellan letter to Col D B Sacket, Inspector General. Nov 23 1861.

- "Union Generals" sleeve: Thomas M Mceul [sp?] Asst Adj Gen. regarding Claus W Fribley [sp?] 84th Rgt PA, Sept 19 1862.

Folder 14:

- "Union Generals" sleeve: E D Morgan letter to Major ? M Vincent, A A Genl. Sept 7 1863. Introducing Major J B Stonehouse.

- "The Confederacy" sleeve: Treasury of the Confederate States, Richmand VA, Sept 24 1862. Receipt from G G Elmer Laurence [sp?] to F B Hart

Folder 15: Discharge certificate for Corporal Thomas I Cadwell, W W Richi's Company D, Fourth? Regiment Minnesota Infantry Volunteers. 19 July 1865.

Folder 16: Consolidated Morning Report, 11th Regiment Maine Volunteers, Commanded by Col John C Caldwell. March 9 1862

Folder 17:

- Pay note to John Lawrence Esq. Aug 22 1777.

- Dudley Pettibone and Anna Piney, Hartfird County, Connecticut. Land purchase contract with seller Jonathan G Simeon [sp?]. May 4th 1797.

- Susannah Topham land transfer document. 20 April 1747. Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. Also named: Sophia Topham, William Oefeur [sp?], Mrs Grove

Folder 18:

- (5) letters from William L Henery/Henry. April-July 1862, 1868. Battery B, 1st PA Light Artillery. Camp Lincoln Seven Pines, Mames River

Folder 19:

- Photocopies of photos of Gen Phil Sheridan (possibly connected to other records in collection)

- Nelson's notebook on collections

- Civil War Chronicles magazine, Summer 1991



Flat file folder, flat file E-2-2:

- USA land purchase certificate. Gabriel Fort [sp?]. 7 April 1829. Henry County Indiana. Signed by President Andrew Jackson and Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham.

- Matted portion of unidentified certificate. 23 Oct 1872. Signed by President US Grant and Secretary of State Hamilton Fish.

- War Service Certificate USMC. John Louis Pietz. 2nd Division, France. Signed by Maj Gen George Barnett

- Columbia Gives Her Son ... certificate. John Louis Pietz. USMC.