Collection Number:
03674-z
Collection Title: Jonathan Lewis Whitaker Papers, 1862-1865; 1924
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Size |
About 70 items. |
Abstract |
Civil War letters written home by Jonathan L. Whitaker, an
Orange County, N.Y., physician serving as a United States Army surgeon at a hospital
at Chester, Pa., and with the 26th United States Colored Troops near Beaufort, S.C.;
and some family photographs. Most of the letters are addressed to Whitaker's wife,
Julia A. Wells Whitaker. They describe living conditions and physicians'
activities.
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Creator |
Whitaker, Jonathan Lewis, fl. 1862-1865. |
Language |
English |
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- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions. Open for research.
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- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their
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- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Jonathan Lewis Whitaker Papers, #3674-z,
Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
- Alternate Form of Material
- Typed transcriptions available.
- Acquisitions Information
- Purchase 1964
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- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern
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Civil War letters written home by Jonathan L. Whitaker, an Orange County, N.Y.,
physician serving as a United States Army surgeon at a hospital at Chester, Pa., and
with the 26th United States Colored Troops near Beaufort, S.C.; and some family
photographs. Most of the letters are addressed to Whitaker's wife, Julia A. Wells
Whitaker. They describe living conditions and physicians' activities.
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Jonathan Lewis Whitaker Papers, 1862-1865; 1924.
Folder 1
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Folder 2
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Includes letters written by Whitaker to his wife about his observances of African
American troops, contraband camps, and enslaved communities.
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Folder 3
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Folder 4
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Image Folder PF-3674/1
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Image Folder PF-3674/2
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Image Folder PF-3674/3
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Transcription Volume TV-3674/1
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Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, October 2009
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