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Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Franklin E. Hunt ledger book

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233288742]
Identifier: Vault MSS 350
Scope and Contents

Handwritten entries in a ledger book. The ledgers record the pay of United States Army troops stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Dates: 1877-1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Franklin E. Hunt ledger book

Douglass McKay letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230347731]
Identifier: MSS 1292
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated 11 Dec. 1918, and written in Villiers Sur Maren, France. McKay writes to "Dear Guy" and states that he is packed up and ready to go home. McKay expected that he would be back in the United States for Christmas and home in Utah shortly afterwards.

Dates: 1918
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Douglass McKay letter

Morris A. Shirts military correspondence, 1944-1995

 Sub-Series — Box 36: Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197233643508], Folder: 3-16, 26
Identifier: MSS 2227 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, diaries about his war experience, and other material related to Shirts' time in the military. Material dates from 1943-1995.

Dates: 1944-1995
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2227, Morris A. Shirts papers / Morris A. Shirts personal papers

Zebulon Montgomery Pike letter

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233286712]
Identifier: Vault MSS 132
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed letter, dated March 13, 1813, and addressed to General M. L. Woolsey in Plattsburgh, New York. The item was written from Sackets Harbor. Pike writes concerning supplies necessary for an invasion.

Dates: 1813
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Zebulon Montgomery Pike letter

J. C. Wilson letters

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230232925]
Identifier: MSS 709
Scope and Contents

Handwritten letters with typewritten copies. Wilson applies for his bounty for joining the army in Illinois. He also writes three letters about army life while stationed in Tennessee in November of 1864. Two of the letters were addressed to Samuel Kirkpatrick in Illinois. Also included is a letter to Kirkpatrick and his tax receipt for 1871.

Dates: 1864-1875
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / J. C. Wilson letters

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