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Kirk family papers

Edward Needles Kirk, Sterlin, Ill., lawyer, was killed in the Civil War while serving as an officer with the 34th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers in Kentucky and Tennessee. Kirk's papers consist of personal and professional correspondence together with Civil War letters to, from, and about Kirk;...

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Main Author: Kirk family (Creator)
Collection:Kirk Family Papers
Collection Number:2005
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Subjects and Genres:
Illinois Volunteers > 24th Regiment
Kirk, Edward Needles
Kirk, Elizabeth Marcella Cameron
Price, Ruth Kirk
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal Correspondence.
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Physical Description: 1.2 Linear feet 1.2 linear feet, 3 boxes (400 items)
Summary: Edward Needles Kirk, Sterlin, Ill., lawyer, was killed in the Civil War while serving as an officer with the 34th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers in Kentucky and Tennessee. Kirk's papers consist of personal and professional correspondence together with Civil War letters to, from, and about Kirk; legal documents; clippings; and other miscellany. There is also his wife Eliza Cameron Kirk's incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1862-1868, and later as Mrs. Charles A. Thomas, 1889-1897. The remainder of the collection is made up of miscellaneous letters and documents of several members of the Kirk family, 1688-1870, including a Ruth Kirk Price commonplace book, begun 1809.

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