Box 4294.001
Container
Contains 7 Results:
Virginia Henry Mears travel journal, 1861 - 1862
File — Box: 4294.001, Folder: 01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains one travel diary that Virginia Mears kept while she and her husband were on a trip from Philadelphia to New Orleans in February and March 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. The first portion of their trip was by train through Pittsburgh and Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, where they boarded a boat on the Mississippi River. Mears describes the cities and towns they visited on the Mississippi on their journey to New Orleans, including Memphis, Vicksburg,...
Dates:
1861 - 1862
Marriage certificates, 1850 - 1869
File — Box: 4294.001, Folder: 02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains one travel diary that Virginia Mears kept while she and her husband were on a trip from Philadelphia to New Orleans in February and March 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. The first portion of their trip was by train through Pittsburgh and Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, where they boarded a boat on the Mississippi River. Mears describes the cities and towns they visited on the Mississippi on their journey to New Orleans, including Memphis, Vicksburg,...
Dates:
1850 - 1869
Mount Peace Academy materials, 1862 - 1864
File — Box: 4294.001, Folder: 03
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains one travel diary that Virginia Mears kept while she and her husband were on a trip from Philadelphia to New Orleans in February and March 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. The first portion of their trip was by train through Pittsburgh and Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, where they boarded a boat on the Mississippi River. Mears describes the cities and towns they visited on the Mississippi on their journey to New Orleans, including Memphis, Vicksburg,...
Dates:
1862 - 1864
Burial and funeral materials, 1850 - 1919
File — Box: 4294.001, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains one travel diary that Virginia Mears kept while she and her husband were on a trip from Philadelphia to New Orleans in February and March 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. The first portion of their trip was by train through Pittsburgh and Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, where they boarded a boat on the Mississippi River. Mears describes the cities and towns they visited on the Mississippi on their journey to New Orleans, including Memphis, Vicksburg,...
Dates:
1850 - 1919
Biographical notice of Henry Mears Sr., 1873
File — Box: 4294.001, Folder: 05
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains one travel diary that Virginia Mears kept while she and her husband were on a trip from Philadelphia to New Orleans in February and March 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. The first portion of their trip was by train through Pittsburgh and Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, where they boarded a boat on the Mississippi River. Mears describes the cities and towns they visited on the Mississippi on their journey to New Orleans, including Memphis, Vicksburg,...
Dates:
1873
Travel note, London, 1890
File — Box: 4294.001, Folder: 06
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection contains one travel diary that Virginia Mears kept while she and her husband were on a trip from Philadelphia to New Orleans in February and March 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. The first portion of their trip was by train through Pittsburgh and Chicago to Cairo, Illinois, where they boarded a boat on the Mississippi River. Mears describes the cities and towns they visited on the Mississippi on their journey to New Orleans, including Memphis, Vicksburg,...
Dates:
1890
Cabinet card photographs, 1889-1891
File — Box: 4294.001, Folder: 07
Scope and Contents
The folder contains six cabinet cards (all albumen prints). Some are identified as Mears family members, and two are dated (1889 and 1891).
Dates:
1889-1891