Copy of a letter Milroy sent to President Lincoln, marking the first anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Milroy recounts where he was when the Proclamation went into effect.
A note for a loan taken out by the men of the 9th Indiana for equipment and supplies needed before entering the war. The loan, to the Bank of Indiana, is in the amount of $3739.26, all of which was repaid save for $100 owed by D.C. Wirner who died...
Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Finances, Personal; School
A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, writing of the affairs at home. Brucey is going to school and learning his letters. The taxes are due on land jointly owned with Cole. How should she pay them?
A list of men arrested near the railroad "disaster." Notes of the men's loyalties has been penciled in next to each name. No year is listed on teh letter. Due to the context, presume the year to be 1864 or 1865.