Summary Information

Title: Henry S. Eggleston Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1840-1902

Creator:

• Eggleston, Henry S.

Call Number: Mss 16

Quantity: 0.5 c.f. (1 flat box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers, primarily 1840-1862, of Henry S. Eggleston, a former businessman and postmaster of Appleton, Wis., and a commissioned officer in the Ripon Guards (Company B) of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment. The collection consists primarily of two groups of letters: correspondence with Elizabeth Washburn during their courtship and after their marriage, when he was traveling in the upper midwest, and letters written during his Civil War service.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00016

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