Adee Family Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Adee Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Creator:
Miller, John S. and Adee, Etta
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Adee Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Letters, 1863-1865, received by Etta Adee of Barrington , N. Y. from "brother John" with [29th Iowa Infantry Regiment] in Arkansas and Louisiana; and from John S. Miller of 29th Iowa Infantry stationed as provost guard at St. Louis, Mo. One letter describes Battle of Jenkins Ferry in which the Iowa unit stormed a Confederate battery along with troops from 2nd Kansas Infantry (later 83rd United States Colored Troops.)

Item 1: December 23, 1862 Autograph letter signed. 4pp. Contains 2 newspaper clippings dated Dec. 24, Dec. 25, and Dec. 30 N.Y., concerning Union troop movements. John S. Miller, Camp Scofield, St. Louis, [Mo.], to Etta Adee, Barrington, Yates Co., N.Y. Item 2: January 26, 1863 Autograph letter signed. 3 pp. John Adee, Little Rock, Ark., to "sister," Etta Adee, Barrington, Yates Co., N.Y. Item 3: May 24, 1864 Autograph letter signed. 4 pp. John Adee, Little Rock, Ark., to "sister," Etta Adee, Barrington, Yates Co., N.Y. Item 4: June 2, 1864 Autograph letter signed. 4 pp. John Adee, Little Rock, Ark., to "sister," Etta Adee, Barrington, Yates Co., N.Y. Item 5: February 17, 1865 Autograph letter signed. 3 pp. John Adee, Algiers, La., to "sister," Etta Adee, no place.

Acquisition information:
Purchase