Scope and Content Note The collection contains primarily letters, many with transcriptions, dating from 1822 to 1928. Letters among the various members of the Dorsey family comprise the bulk of the collection. There are also small amounts of land tax records, clippings, and blank postcards. Small gaps appear in the correspondence throughout the collection where there may be a few letters for one or two years and significantly more for the following years. However, there is a large gap in the Dorsey...

Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence and invitations. The majority of the collection consists of documents written by W.T. Sherman during the course of his military career. Most of the documents are original although some photocopies and facsimiles are present. Folder 1 contains correspondence relating to Sherman’s early military service as a commissary officer in St. Louis and New Orleans, his years as a banker in the employment of...