Box 1114

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains three letters composed while Schurz was traveling in the South during the summer of 1865, at least one of which was written from Alabama. It also contains a letter of introduction from Major General James H. Wilson.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: A letter dated 16 March 1864 to General Joel Briggs, Adjutant and Inspector General of Alabama, declining to detail George Breitenbach as shoemaker for the cadets of the University of Alabama.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains two letters, one by C. C. Sale from Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 26 May [1864] to his wife, and one from Sallie Sale from Culpeper Courthouse, Virginia 30 July [1864] to her sister. The former discusses sickness in camp, news of friends and neighbors, and Sale's desire to see his wife. The latter addresses the sick and wounded, how she misses her husband and wants to see him more often, and family and friends.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letters from Tuscaloosa to Samuel's cousin Edmond W. Samuel at Bagdad, Shelby Co., Kentucky; Fort Henry, Randolph Co., Missouri; Centersville, Missouri; and Salesbury, Chariton Co., Missouri. These are chatty letters with news, social and otherwise, of Tuscaloosa, the aftermath of the Civil War, and much else. Includes an account of the loss of the steamboat Montgomery, on which Samuel was a passenger, on the Black Warrior River.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Two letters, dated 25 January and 23 June 1859, to C. E. Hull, M.D., New York, the latter of which includes details of mileage, expenses, and accounts settled, 13-23 June 1859, while selling patent medicine in Alabama.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains three letters written between Ralph Cowert and U.S. Senator Leverett Saltonstall about Saltonstall's family for the Tuscaloosa Historical Society.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: A letter dated 6 December 1863, from a camp near Dalton, Georgia, to S. D. Cabaniss, Huntsville attorney.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: A manuscript titled "A Telephone Rate Case," (subsequently published by Public Utilities Reports, Inc., Washington DC, in 1941), intended to provide material to help lawyers understand the background, existing state of, and rules involved in deciding, public utilities rare cases.

Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Letter written to Professor Hale at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains letters, one of which is hand written and describes the purchase of land.