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“The Genealogy of the Spielman Family.” Unpublished compilation of family genealogy including translations of letters, translation of Osterhorn journal, and photocopies of family photographs and documents. (Please note: Addendum II of this compilation contains translations of five letters (letters 1, 2, 3, 37, and 38) which were not part of the donation to the Missouri Historical Society), ca. 1995

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains letters between Wilhelm and Minna Osterhorn and from friends and family. The letters from Wilhelm to Minna sometimes give first-hand accounts of conditions in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. The letters from the Buhner family in Marburg consist mostly of news about family and friends. The collection also contains Wilhelm's journal, which has untranslated receipts in German in the front and his account of his own personal history in the middle, with the rest...
Dates: ca. 1995