Past Voices Ancestor Letters Arranged by Surname

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A

Allen, Dr. B.B. , Freeport CA to Dr. Chas. Carothers of Missouri 1869
Andrews Christopher, Letters from Minnesota and Dakota 1856
Letter of February 1969 from William Xavier Andrews in Vietnam about the Tet Offensive Saturday night February 22, 1969
Atkins1863 Civil War Letter from George B. Atkins to his father from Camp Douglas, Illinois [ CIVIL WAR]

B

Bush, Alvah Letter to Alvah Bush, Albany New York, from her sister, M. M. Bush, Cooperstown, New York 1843
Baldwin, Simeon Letter to unidentified person from Simeon Baldwin, New Haven, [Connecticut], January 4, 1808
Bradford, Mary & Sarah Jane Letter to Mrs. Mary Bradford and sister Sarah Jane, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, from Louisa, York Pennsylvania, 1839
Cornalie Jane Kendrick Burt to her sister, Fannie Clara Kendrick Egger 1901
William "Edd" Edward Egger, to his father, James Holland Egger Jr. 1921
Julia Belle Kendrick Boyd to her brother and sister 1898
Dr. James Coleson South Carolina 1822
Letter from Elizabeth Baggott, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, to Mrs. Eliza Thornton, Alamucha P. O., Lauderdale County, Mississippi, March 14, 1847
Baker, Neil. Sgt. in 50th N.C. Infantry. Letter to Sarah Jane, 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Baker, Bernice. Postcard sent 1910 New York
Bass Andrew Jackson Bass to his wife Ellender Davis from Camp Lee, VA 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]
Bauer, Moll. Letter from Napoleon (Michigan?) to sister 1864
Bergsland. Postcard to Mrs. Carl (Minnie) Bergsland, Adams, N. Dakota from Alma, 1909
Bidwell, Lucius E. 14th CT Inf to his mother 7 Feb 1864 [ CIVIL WAR]
Boyd Letter from Belle Boyd to her family 16 February 1898 Baxter Alabama
Boyd, Effie Collection Letters to Almira Peoples McKean fro Effie Peoples Boyd, Grove City, Ohio 1900s
Brooks, William, Co E, 161st NYVI. Collection of 9 Civil War letters 1863, 1864 [ CIVIL WAR]
Brown, Collection of letters from the brothers Alvin and George Brown, Ohio Infantry [ CIVIL WAR]
Brown, William Brown letter from Chatanooga Tennessee [ CIVIL WAR]
Brown,L. D. of Berwyn Illinois to the St Marys Journal newspaper about the capsize of the Eastland steamboat in Chicago IL 26 July 1915
Bugg 1847 letter to Allen C. Tucker from B. N. Bugg & wife Annis Tucker Bugg, Arkansas

C

Carter, James in Pembroke Maine to his sister Annie (Mrs. Grenville Redding) September 13, 1864 [ CIVIL WAR]
Case, Lester in Tennessee to his sister Sarah (Mrs. Charles Davis) of OH May 16 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Chaffins Nathaniel Chaffins, Minnesota to John B. Smith, West Virginia 1873
Churchill, Caroline Letters from California 1870s
Clarke Letter to R. H. Beattie, care of Dr. F. S. Beattie, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from James Clarke, Havana, Cuba, September 29, 1835
Colby Letter to E. S. Colby, M. D., Cincinnati, Ohio, from Maria, Claremont, New Hampshire, December 26, 1837
Letter to Samuel Cox, Jr., Theological Seminary, Chelsea Square, New York, from his mother, A. M. Cox, April 12, 1847; postmarked Philadelphia [?], Pennsylvania, April 12
Croft, Lt. Col. Edward Croft Collection (11 letters), 14th South Carolina aka Mcgowan's Brigade [ CIVIL WAR]
Curwin, Joseph 126th PA Inf in VA to sister Mary 10 Nov. 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]
Little, Laura & Curtis, Lucinda Letter to Mrs. Laura J. Little, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, from Lucinda Curtis, Westmoreland
Cook, Mary Letter to Miss Mary C. Cook, Great Falls, New Hampshire, from Fanny, Concord, New Hampshire, 1847

D

Davis Letter from Michael Davis St. Louis Missouri to Michael & Mary-Ann Davis, County Carlow, Ireland. 1882
Dexter, Newton & Dexter, Mary Mr. S. Newton Dexter, Whitesborough, New York, from Miss Mary Dexter, Providence, Rhode Island,1823
Letter to Mr. Jas. B. E. Daugherty, No. 140/2 High St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from his brother, M. Jos. Daugherty, Lancaster, Ohio, October 24, 1842
John DeCamp of Ohio to his brother William De Camp of New Jersey 1825
John DeCamp of Ohio to his brother William De Camp of New Jersey 1826
John DeCamp of Ohio to his brother William De Camp of New Jersey 1827
John DeCamp of Ohio to his brother William De Camp of New Jersey 1828
S. Ross to E. DeCamp 1832
John DeCamp of Ohio to his brother William De Camp of New Jersey 1829
John DeCamp to William DeCamp of New Jersey 1837
Davis, Stanley Lt. Civil War Co. D. MI, from Camp Decatur, Alabama 1864 [ CIVIL WAR]
Dennis, Judson WW1 Collection of letters to his brother and mother in Tennessee and IL, 1917-1919
Dickson Hugh. Betty Johnson of London to Hugh Walter Dickson in Rosemont Kansas 1917
Douglas, B. P. in Corydon Indiana 27 Sept. 1855
Downes, Collection of letters from John Downes of Ireland, Co. I, 35th Iowa to John Walton [ CIVIL WAR]

E

James Holland Egger, Jr. to Fannie Clara Kendrick 1867
S. J. Stanely, Lawsonville Texas to J. H. Egger, Scotland Arkansas 1896
Belle Kendrick Boyd to Fannie Clara Kendrick Egger 1897
Belle to J. H. Egger, Scotland Arkansas 1892
Egger Letter to Fannie Egger from Sally Mohave 20 July 1899
Lizzie Burt to J. H. Egger Scotland Arkansas 1901
Egger-Kendrick-Burt Letter from Cornalie Jane Kendrick Burt, Sumner, Mississippi March 28, 1901
Egger Letter from A. B. Couch June 22, 1903 to James Holland Egger, Edge, Arkansas
George Egger to Ed Egger Scotland Arkansas 1918
Letter from William "Edd" Edward Egger, Camp Pike Arkansas 1918
Ed Egger to J. H. Egger Scotland Arkansas 1919
Egger Letter from C. E. Reed to James Holland Egger, Arkansas 1929
Letter from J. M. Earle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to his wife Sarah H. (Hussey) Earle, Care of J. M. Earle, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 28, 1846
Early, John D. Baltimore, Maryland to "Major" Isaac Sandford, P. Master, Flora, Edgar County, Illinois, 1841
John Early Andrews Collection WW 1 Letters Edward James Early of Wisconsin. Added May 2008

• Letter dated February 14, 1918 from James William Early of Green Bay, Wisconsin to his brother, Captain Edward James Early, World War I
• Letter from Helen C. "Ella" Early, born October 13, 1896 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to her brother Edward James Early, World War I and her sister Margaret Mary C. Early
• Letter from Jessica Early (nee Jessica Agnes O'Keefe, born Oconto Wisconsin, daughter of Dr. Patrick J. O'Keefe and Elizabeth Hoeffel) to her husband James Edward Early, World War I 1917 Oconto Wisconsin
• Letter from Jessica Early to her husband James Edward Early, World War I 1918
• Letter from Jessica Early to her husband James Edward Early, World War I August 1918. Washington D.C.
• Letter of about July 15, 1918 Letter from Jessica Early to her husband James Edward Early, World War I in Washington, D.C.
• Letter of about July 15, 1918 Washington,DC, from Jessica Early to her husband James Edward Early, World War I
• Letter from Jessica Early to her husband James Edward Early, World War I
• Letter from Jessica Early to her husband James Edward Early, World War I
• WW 1 Letter to James Edward Early, World War I from Walker, February 3, 1918
• Memo from James Edward Early, World War I to Major Phillips January 1919

Early February 14, 1918 letter from James William Early of Green Bay, Wisconsin to his brother, Captain Edward James Early in World War I
Early Helen C. (Ella) Early to her brother Edward James Early & sister Margaret Mary C. Early, Missouri 1918
Early World War I letters to Edward Early from Jessica Agnes O'Keefe Early
Eberlein Collection - Civil War letters from the Eberlein brothers George and Ferdinand to parents 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Letter to D. S. Edwards, M. D., Surgeon U. S. S. North Carolina, New York, from his brother, H. Edwards, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 20, 1845

F

Fairchild, Lucius Letters from California during the Gold Rush
Figures, Henry S. 48th AL to his father 9 May1861 [ CIVIL WAR]
Foster, L. & P. Springfield, Hamilton, Ohio, to "Mr Isaac Sandford, Near Terra Hoot," (Terre Haute, Indiana) July 21, 1821
Letter to Mrs. Amey French, care of Calvin French, Esq., Proctorsville, Vermont, from “Amey,” Providence, Rhode Island, February 11, 1848

G

Giesy Letter to Mr. Samuel Giesy, Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, from his mother, Mary M. Giesy, Lancaster, Ohio, December 28, 1843
Letter to Mrs. B. C. Attwood, Bangor, Maine, from her brother, Benjamin Gilbert, Boston, Massachusetts, July 7, 1842
Graham, William to Winnie Blount, North Carolina 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Gray Cpt. A.D. Gray, 16th RWV to Col. Benjamin Allen 16th Reg WI, from Mississippi 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]

H

Hoskins, Franklin & Gleason, William Letter to Mr. Franklin Hoskins, Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, from Wm. Gleason, Jr., Moresville, New York 1840
Letter to Arthur G. Hatch Esq., American Exchange, Paris, France, from “Perce” – Moore, Low & Sanford, Attorneys and Counsellors, New York, July 14, 1884
Hobecken. Postcard to Mrs. Ben (Ella) Hobecken in Williamsville NY from her niece Myra in Portland, Chautaqua Co. NY 1918.
Family Tree Letter from Dr. Gerald Norton Hoeffel to Mrs. Hall 1953
Letter from Mary Hogg, New York, to Miss Euphemia Taylor, Norwalk, Connecticut, February 7, 1844
Hoskins, Helen Letter to Mrs. S. C. Hoskins, Sheffield, Massachusetts, from her daughter Helen, Hampton, Virginia 1849

I

Ireland, Mrs. George of Texas to editor of newspaper in St Marys Ontario - contains genealogical information

J

Johnson, Lt. Joseph Johson, 58th Pennsylvania Inf.re death of Col. John Richter Jones of North Carolian, 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]

K

King, Samuel & Wilkins, M. L. Letter to Mr. Samuel V. King, China Grove, Georgetown, South Carolina, from M. L. Wilkins, Springfield, 1842
Keller Collection of letters written by Sgt John W. Keller of Kentucky during the Mexican USA War to his family in Pennsylvania
Kent Elenora Kent (Mrs. Peter Van Angelen) Memoirs 1894 mentions Hart family of VA & LaTourette Family of Staten Island NY
John King, Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, to Thomas B. Gould, Newport, Rhode Island, February 5, 1855
Koch, William Koch Co. F 107th Ohio to his father [ CIVIL WAR]

L

Ladd, Charlotte Letter to Miss Charlotte H. Ladd, Boston Massachusetts, from her mother, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1830
Lawson, T.B. AL to Rufus Spalding in Mass. 19 Jan. 1839
Lee Letter to Miss Sarah Lee, Salisbury, Connecticut, from her brother, Jonathan Lee, Hartford, Connecticut 1811
Letter to Miss Louise Lovejoy, Care of C. D. Ferries, Esq., Buffalo, New York, from “Gustaf,” New York, January 20, 1849

M

McCord, Alice in Goshen [Indiana?] to her cousin Charles, 14 Sept. 1860
McCoy, Robert. Letter to his brother, Joseph in Jackson Co. Va (WV) on March 20, 1831.
McCoy, John & Jefferson, Thomas Letter from John McCoy, Captain of the Augusta Co. Militia during the Revolutionary War from Staunton, Augusta Co. Virginia to Thomas Jefferson, 1781
McFadden, H.C. Grovers Mills to his uncle R. S. McKendless 1855
Mahanay, H.N. 5 Letters written in 1898 by Henry Newton Mahanay born 2 Feb 1872 in Bourbon, MO
Markle Richard, Co. B. 40th Reg. Ill Int. Statement from his Civil War Pension File [ CIVIL WAR]
Mason, John H., 52 NC Inf. to brother from camp in VA 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]
Masters & Taylor Letter to Mrs. Henry W. (Martha) Taylor, Care of C. C. Trowbridge, Detroit, Michigan, from her father, M. O. Masters, Montgomery, Alabama, December 20 and 24, 1840
Maxwell Collection, James Maxwell. 127th IL, letters to his family 1863 - 1873 [ CIVIL WAR]
Miller, Johnson, Crpl 40th Reg. Iowa - collection of letters 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Miller Letter to Mrs. E.E. Garber, Aspin, Pitkin Co., Colorado from Eliza Harman Winder Miller of Eldon, Iowa shortly before her death in 1889
Moore, C.M. from NY to cousin Cynthia 1869
Moore Collection. Letters from Philip Boardman in Bolton Eng. to Alice Marsh Moore & James Moore in Michigan, from William Marsh to sister Alice Moore 1826-1837
Morse, Erwin to his sister while serving in the Navy during the Spanish-American War, 1898
Mullet, Collection of Civil War Letters from Myron Mullet, Company “F”, 26th Iowa Infantry, to his wife [ CIVIL WAR]

N

Northrup, John & Anna & Wells, Lydia Letter to Mr. John H. and Anna Northrop, Hebron, Washington County, New York, from Lydia Wells, Lisbon 1829

O

Overman, Oscar, 103rd IL Inf. From Steamer Rocket to Emma Wadsworth 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]

P

Parker, Nahum in Washington to his wife Polly in NH. 1809
Letter to Sarah Parr in Higginsport Ohio from her niece in Bradford Kentucky
Parsons, Col. John E. from Toledo, Ohio to B. Perry, Esq. September 13, 1880
Letter from Mary P. Parsons, Goshen, Massachusetts, to her cousin Miss Julia A. Joy, Care of C. C. Grugan, No. 140 Chesnut Str., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1843
Pearson Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Faries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Eunice B. Pearson, West Chester, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1839
Pease Collection. Letters from Corp. George Pease 75th NY Reg. 1862, 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Peckham, George Franklin Collection C Co. Wisconsin Civil War Memoirs 1906, 1910
Peer, Levi Letter from Halton Co. Ont. to his mother Elizabeth (Marical) Peer in Hamilton Co. IL 5 Aug. 1839
Perry Francis M. Perry Collection of Civil War letters to his parents in Michigan. 1863-1865 [ CIVIL WAR]
Pinkerton Letter to Mr. Alex. R. Pinkerton, McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio, from his son, D. C. Pinkerton, Zanesville, Ohio, August 20, 1834

R

Rasch Postcard 1917 New York to Margaret Rasch in Buffalo NY
Reid Collection of Letters from Belfast Ireland to USA (NY?) 1860s
Rice, Allen & Edith. Postcard July 1917 to Mrs. George Weust, West Valley, NY

S

S.S., Alice, Iowa to her grandparents 1890
Sandford, Belinda. to Sarah Sandford from her mother, written on January 21, 1856.
John Early Andrews Collection Letters from Dr. Robert N. Slack to his brother 1845-1852 plus Obituary

• Letter of January 21, 1845 from Robert N. Slack in Louisville Kentucky to his brother James Brown Slack
  
• Letter from Galveston Texas 1846 from Robert N. Slack to his brother James Brown Slack, Bardstown Kentucky
  
• Letter from Robert N. Slack to his brother James B. Slack, Wharton Texas, May 15, 1848
  
• Letter from Galveston Texas September 16, 1848 from Robert N. Slack to his brother James Brown Slack, Bardstown Kentucky
  
• Letter from Houston Texas March 11, 1849 from Robert N. Slack to his brother James Brown Slack, Bardstown Kentucky
  
• Letter from Robert N. Slack to his brother James from Shasta California, September 15, 1852
  
• Death Notice & Obituary of Dr. Robert N. Slack age 36, who died October 21, 1857, at McMurtry's Ferry.

Slack, Collection of letters from the Robert N. Slack from Kentucky, Texas & California to his siblings 1845-1852
Sparrow, Thomas Snow, Ships' Capt. writes to sister "Sall" from San Francisco, California 1853
Letter from Henry T. Spencer, Albany, New York, to Mr. George S. Riley, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, April 6, 1849
Steele, James. Washington City, D. C., to George E. Levings, Esq., Cashier, Edgar Co. Bank, Paris, Illinois, April 10, 1861.
Stone, Arthur, Mass. Inf. Co 34 Collection of letters to his mother 1862 & 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Swisshelm, Jane Letters of an Abolitionist in Minnesota 1858-1865
Nelson Franklin Smith, LaFayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana to Lucius d Smith, New London, Oneida Co, New York 1843
Cousin Rebecca to to Lucius D. Smith, New London, Oneida co, New York 1825
Sharpless, Jacob & Blakey Letter to Jacob Sharpless, care of Dr. Parrish, Philadelphia Pennsylvania from Blakey Sharpless, Weston

T

Tatchin, John S. Tatchin of Michigan to his mother regarding the California Gold Rush
Letter to Mrs. Henry W. “Martha” Taylor, Care of C. C. Trowbridge, Esqr., Detroit, Michigan, from her father, M. O. Masters, Montgomery, Alabama, December 20 and 24, 1840
Letter to Mrs. Julia E. Terry, Care of Ward Woodbridge, Esq., Hartford, Connecticut, from her husband, Charles A. Terry, Cleveland, Ohio, August 17, 1842
Letter of February 1969 from William Xavier Andrews in Vietnam about the Tet Offensive Saturday night February 22, 1969

Thackeray, Charlotte (Mrs. Musgrove) New York to brother Peter in Ontario Canada, 1907
Letter to Mr. A. J. [L. J.?] Millard, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio, from W. A. Thomson, Concord, Pennsylvania October 19, 1845
1847 Family Tree Letter to Allen C. Tucker in Marshall Co. Tennessee from B. N. Bugg, his brother-in-law, and wife Annis Tucker Bugg in Johnson City, Arkansas

Twist, George from Santa Clara California during the Gold Rush to brother R. P. Twist in Yellow Sping, Ohio, 1859

U

Unsigned letter From Ora at Easter. Surames mentioned are Killion, King, Easterley, Williamson

V

Van Arsdale Letter to Dr. H. Van Arsdale, Atlantic Hotel, New York, from W. H. Harrison, New Orleans, Louisiana 1845
Van Fastious/Eastious, Bertha from daughter Bertha, New York City 1927

W

White Collection of letters from Luella White in Perth Amboy N.J. to Edith Williams, Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA
Whitman Letter to Mrs. Charlotte H. Perley, Care of Major T. Perley, Naples, Cumberland County, Maine, from Charles Whitman, Washington City, D. C., March 10, 1840
Williams J.D. Sept 27th, 1864 Petersburg VA To Molsey M. Williams [ CIVIL WAR]
Wuest, Ella. Postcard 1918 to Mrs. George Weust, West Valley, NY