Box 1
Container
Contains 49 Results:
Music
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1847 - 1899; Acquisition: 1979-09-06
Piano scales & lessons
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, item: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1847 - 1899; Acquisition: 1979-09-06
Personal Writings
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1847 - 1899; Acquisition: 1979-09-06
Farewell
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, item: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1847 - 1899; Acquisition: 1979-09-06
Politeness
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, item: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1847 - 1899; Acquisition: 1979-09-06
Piano selections (2)
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, item: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1847 - 1899; Acquisition: 1979-09-06
Merit
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, item: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1847 - 1899; Acquisition: 1979-09-06
Violin lesson
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8, item: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The life of the James Rankin Mason family of Madison County, Kentucky is documented through the papers in this collection. Much of the correspondence deals with Civil War times. Reference is made to hiring black people, desertion and loneliness of soldiers. Parental concerns are voiced in correspondence as women try to raise children alone. Other correspondence mentions trials concerning an army discharge as well as other matters during the war years. Of particular interest is a letter from...
Dates:
1847 - 1899; Acquisition: 1979-09-06
War, War
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9, item: 4
Identifier: 4
Scope and Contents
Essay about the Civil War by Wm. J. Mason.
Dates:
1847 - 1899; Acquisition: 1979-09-06
Correspondence - Edward and Liza Francis, 1864-1866
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents
This correspondence consists of 12 letters between Edward Francis and his wife Elizabeth, who was under the care of James Mason Rankin of Richmond, Ky. Many of the letters from Edward appear to have been written by different people as the handwriting and spelling is not consistent. Edward joined Co. B, 114th USCI 16 June of 1864 in London, Ky. The regiment moved to Camp Nelson to be organized. After the Civil War Edward served in Texas until 1867. Arranged in chronological order by date.
Dates:
1864-1866