Box 2217.0001
Container
Contains 10 Collections and/or Records:
Outgoing, 1833-1850, Folder 1 of 3
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 1
Series Description
From the Series:
Juliet Bestor Coleman's outgoing (1833-1850, arranged chronologically) and incoming (1839-1850, arranged chronologically)correspondence, as well as Bestor/Coleman correspondence (1850-1851, arranged chronologically). The series also includes Juliet's travelogue covering her journey from Suffield, Connecticut to La Grange, Alabama in 1833.
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Incoming, 1839-1850, Folder 1 of 2
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 5
Series Description
From the Series:
Juliet Bestor Coleman's outgoing (1833-1850, arranged chronologically) and incoming (1839-1850, arranged chronologically)correspondence, as well as Bestor/Coleman correspondence (1850-1851, arranged chronologically). The series also includes Juliet's travelogue covering her journey from Suffield, Connecticut to La Grange, Alabama in 1833.
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Bestor/Coleman Correspondence, 1850-1851
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 8
Series Description
From the Series:
Juliet Bestor Coleman's outgoing (1833-1850, arranged chronologically) and incoming (1839-1850, arranged chronologically)correspondence, as well as Bestor/Coleman correspondence (1850-1851, arranged chronologically). The series also includes Juliet's travelogue covering her journey from Suffield, Connecticut to La Grange, Alabama in 1833.
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Travelogue and map, Folder 1 of 3
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 10
Series Description
From the Series:
Juliet Bestor Coleman's outgoing (1833-1850, arranged chronologically) and incoming (1839-1850, arranged chronologically)correspondence, as well as Bestor/Coleman correspondence (1850-1851, arranged chronologically). The series also includes Juliet's travelogue covering her journey from Suffield, Connecticut to La Grange, Alabama in 1833.
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Correspondence - Outgoing, 1862-1863, Folder 1 of 5
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 13
Series Description
From the Series:
Alice coleman Meriwether's outgoing correspondence (1862-1863, arranged chronologically).
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Correspondence - Outgoing, 1862-1864, Folder 1 of 5
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 18
Series Description
From the Series:
John Samuel Meriwether's outgoing correspondence (1862-1864, arranged chronologically) and a hand-drawn map of the Battle of Vicksburg.
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Battle of Vicksburg - Map
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 23
Series Description
From the Series:
John Samuel Meriwether's outgoing correspondence (1862-1864, arranged chronologically) and a hand-drawn map of the Battle of Vicksburg.
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Images
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of family letters written by Juliet Bestor Coleman, her daughter, Alice Coleman Meriwether and her son-in-law, John Samuel Meriwether, all of Eutaw, Alabama, between 1833 and 1864.The collection also has a very small (3.75" x 2.75") travelogue detailing her three-week journey from Suffield, Connecticut to La Grange, Alabama in 1833. There is also a small collection of letters between the Bestor and Coleman families regarding Juliet's last illness and her death. ...
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Envelopes
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 25
Series Description
From the Series:
64 envelopes, 31 of which have stamps of the Confederate States on them; 1778 Continental United States eight and twenty dollar bills; a small "Reward of Merit" certificate; a small book of poems and a booklet on the flags of the Confederacy.
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864
Miscellaneous Materials
File — Box: 2217.0001, Folder: 26
Series Description
From the Series:
64 envelopes, 31 of which have stamps of the Confederate States on them; 1778 Continental United States eight and twenty dollar bills; a small "Reward of Merit" certificate; a small book of poems and a booklet on the flags of the Confederacy.
Dates:
1833 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1862 - 1864