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Hawley, Orestes K.

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Manuscript Collections Hawley, Orestes K.

Description

Hawley, Orestes K. Family Papers, 1818, 1820, 1839-1898. 44 items. Location: U:116. Native of Illinois and later a resident of Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Papers include Illinois land documents and family letters pertaining to abolitionist sentiments in Connecticut (1844), the siege of Vicksburg (1863), and family matters. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1828, 1935, 2842.

Manuscript Topic

Civil War

African Americans

Record Type

Manuscript Collections

Year

1818

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