Short note from John Lynch to Bishop Patrick Lynch informing him that he was unable to locate a "Mrs. Alton" per the Bishop's inquiry. August 14, 1863. 1p.
Letter(s) to a Miss Watting (from Elisa ?) in Bombay, India, care of James B. Ferguson. In the letter, written over a period of months in cross-hatch, the author describes Bombay in detail, her social life there and her eagerness to hear of news from America and England. The writer also mentions that, while in Gibraltar, she saw the Union gunboat Chippewa keeping watch on the Confederate cruiser Sumter "as a cat with a mouse." 17p.
Letter from Corp H.B. Harberson to Col. I.E. Casew. They discuss conversations amongst Confederate soldiers written from Cattle Creek by H.B. Harberson Corp. Co. "E" 18th Regiment of the South Carolina Militia reporting four companies were patrolling to prevent enslaved people from moving or escaping. The report informs that "order and quiet [were] prevailing in the community."
