Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Newell family. Papers, 1846-1884. 0.33 cu. ft.
Call No.
Mss. A N544 / 1-8
Content
This collection consists primarily of correspondence sent among the related Newell and Delano families from 1846-1884. The bulk of the collection dates to the Civil War with much of the correspondence sent from soldiers while stationed near Memphis, Tennessee or Vicksburg, Mississippi during the siege of Vicksburg. The soldiers often write of camp conditions, their health, and at times speculate on the end of the war. Civilian family members write of town happenings in the cities of Worthington, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky, where the Newell and Delano families respectively resided.