Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Alumni Night Capped with A Win; Search Process Begins for Superintnedent; Town Requests Sewer Ban Be Lifted; Winner With "Vengeance"
LaGrange County (Ind.)--Biography; LaGrange County (Ind.)--History; Noble County (Ind.)--Biography;Noble County (Ind.)--History
Part I, History of La Grange county, y J.H.Herick with township histories by various contributors. Part II, History of Noble county, by Weston A. Goodspeed with biographical sketches edited by Charles Blanchard.
Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Sick children; Boring; Lead mines and mining; Silver mines and mining; Oil wells; Milroy, Waters & Co.; Pygmies
A letter to Milroy's wife, Mary, asking about her and the children. He thinks it is time to start gauging where the children's future interest might lie. He writes of the oil wells and boring as well as their work at the lead mine. He has...
Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865; Correspondence; Fortune telling; Love-letters; American Civil War, letters and diaries; Military life
Ernest Schleicher, a soldier in Company I 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry, wrote letters home during the Civil War to Harriet Jackson of New Providence, Indiana. Ernest mustered in as a private in 1861 and was discharged in 1865 as a sergeant. These...
Delaware County (Ind.)--Biography; Delaware County (Ind.)--History
Two volume history of Delaware County, Indiana. Volume I is an historical account of early settlement and the development of local government and social organizations within the county. Volume II contains biographical sketches of the residents.
Newspapers; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Mass media and the war
A letter to General Sherman requesting the suppression of certain newspapers that Milroy deemed disloyal. He offers several reasons for the suppression.
A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, updating him on life at home. Her servant ran off. Mary is apparently making travel preparations to go to Tennessee to see Milroy. She was supposed to testify at Tatman's trial, but was told she would not have...
A copy of correspondence between Matias Romero and Milroy. Milroy inquires about the possibility of union troops helping Mexico stave off European invaders.
