Holmes, Oliver Wendell., 09/29/1981-09/29/1981

File — Box: 5, Folder: 31

Identifier: 95465

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Contains correspondence of John Knox with Civil War veterans. Union veterans appear first, arranged alphabetically. Confederate veterans appear second, arranged alphabetically.

Dates

09/29/1981-09/29/1981

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

From the Collection: 23 Cubic Feet (23 boxes and 1 oversized folder)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

17/19/01

Container Summary

Typed Manuscripts dated 1981 by John Knox: "Two Letters of Interest Written by a Confederate and by a Union Veteran of the Civil War Approximately Seventy Years after that Great Conflict Began in the Year 1861, General Charles A. DeSaussure (1846-1935) Confederate, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) Union--or Northern" and "A Meeting with Holmes in the Year 1930 and Another Meeting with DeSaussure in the Year 1931."