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William R. Jones papers

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Call Number:
F0095
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
3 item (9 pages)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0098, F0095, William R. Jones papers, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1858-1863 (inclusive)
Creator:
Jones, William R.
Form:
Letters (correspondence) and Wills
Abstract:
The papers contain three items related to William R. Jones. Includes is a handwritten will (amendment?) for Jones, which provides for the emancipation of his slaves after his death. Also included is a letter from Captain Daniel Woodall to Mrs. Jones, outlining the movements of the Delaware First Regiment from the time they left Norfolk, Virgina, through the Battle of Antietam, and descrbied the type of conditions the troops endured on the march and in battle. A letter from Jones to his wife descrbed his experience as a farmer and merchant during the civil war and his interpretation of the reaction of the citizens of Baltimore to the war.

The papers contain three items related to William R. Jones. Includes is a handwritten will (amendment?) for Jones, which provides for the emancipation of his slaves after his death. Also included is a letter from Captain Daniel Woodall to Mrs. Jones, outlining the movements of the Delaware First Regiment from the time they left Norfolk, Virgina, through the Battle of Antietam, and descrbed the type of conditions the troops endured on the march and in battle. A letter from Jones to his wife descrbed his experience as a farmer and merchant during the civil war and his interpretation of the reaction of the citizens of Baltimore to the war.

Box 4, F0095: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0098 manuscript boxes

Finding aid encoded by Tiffany Saulter, August 2015.

This item forms part of MSS 0098 Delaware Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2015 August 26
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Collection Inventory

William R. Jones papers, 1858-1863.
Box 4 Folder F0095

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