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Title
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"Experience Of A Missionary" Booklet
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Date
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1862-12-15
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Collection
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William Lickly Family Papers (c.00434)
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Description
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This booklet titled "Experience Of A Missionary" was included in a letter from James Lickly to his brother William Lickly dated December 15, 1862.
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Title
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"I Goes To Fight Mit Sigel" Song Lyrics
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Date
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1863
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Collection
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Dowd Family Papers (LC.00055)
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Description
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This letter contains the lyrics to the song, "I Goes To Fight Mit Sigel," written by Irish songwriter John F. Poole. Sung to the tune of the traditional song, "The Girl I Left Behind Me," the lyrics imitate German dialect and refer to Union General Fraz Sigel, a German expatriate. (Note: The letter contains no date, but the song was first published in 1863).
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Title
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"Nothing Is Lost" Envelope : 1864
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Date
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1864
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Collection
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Dowd Family Papers (LC.00055)
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Description
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Addressed to Jefferson, a poem titled "Nothing Is Lost" is printed on the envelope.
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Title
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4th of July Oration
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Creator
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Hatton, Ezra C. (Ezra Caves), 1813-1877
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Date
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1861-07-04
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Collection
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Ezra C. Hatton Collection (c.00235)
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Description
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A transcript of Erza C. Hatton's 4th of July oration that was published in the Pontiac Weekly Gazette, Vol. 18, No. 30, on Friday, July 26, 1861. The Fourth of July Oration was given in Farmington, Michigan, on July 4, 1861.
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Title
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7th Michigan Infantry Regiment Muster Log
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Date
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1860/1869
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Collection
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7th Michigan Infantry Records (c.00309)
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Description
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The company records include lists of officers and enlisted men, recording enlistments, desertions, transfers, discharges and deaths.
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Title
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9th Michigan Infantry Monument : statue depicts Col. John G. Parkhurst
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Date
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1950/1959
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Collection
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John Gibson Parkhurst Collection (LC.00025)
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Description
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Photograph (date unknown) of rock-faced pedestal at Chickamauga National Military Park with a statue of the 9th Michigan's commander, Col. John G. Parkhurst, in stone, standing atop the base of the 9th's monument on the Chickamauga Battlefield. [Note: Around 1970, vandals pushed the statue off the pedestal and broke it. All that remains is the pedestal].
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Title
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9th Michigan Infantry Reunion Photo (1877)
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Date
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1877
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Collection
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John Gibson Parkhurst Collection (LC.00025)
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Description
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Group photograph of reunion of 9th Michigan Infantry in 1877 at the home of John G. Parkhurst in Coldwater, Michigan.
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Title
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9th Michigan Infantry Reunion Photo (1885)
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Date
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1885
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Collection
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John Gibson Parkhurst Collection (LC.00025)
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Description
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A group photograph of the 9th Michigan Infantry Reunion in 1885 in Hillsdale, Michigan.
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Title
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9th Michigan Infantry Reunion Photo and Newspaper Clipping (1901)
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Date
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1901-10-01
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Collection
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John Gibson Parkhurst Collection (LC.00025)
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Description
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A group photograph of those attending the reunion of the 9th Michigan Infantry on October 1, 1901. A partial clipping of a newspaper article is attached to the back. It describes the event and lists the veterans in attendance. (Note: the name of the newspaper is unknown).
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Title
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A.M. Shaw Letter : February 12, 1865
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Creator
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Shaw, A. M.
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Date
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1865-02-12
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Collection
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Webster Teachout Papers (c.00150)
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Description
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This is a letter from A.M. Shaw to James W. Sterns. Shaw talks about the "note," or money, that Sterns owes him. He tells Sterns that he can give the money to Webster Teachout, a mutual friend.
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Title
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Abel Peck Letter : August 14, 1862
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Creator
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Peck, Abel G., -1863
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Date
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1862-08-14
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Collection
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Abel G. Peck Papers (c.00107)
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Description
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Letter from Abel Peck to his daughter Alice, explaining his decision to enlist in the Michigan 24th Infantry and expressing a desire to see his daughter before he leaves for war.
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