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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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| Collection: | Kirk Family Papers |
| Collection Number: | 2005 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Mrs. Andrew B. Foster.; 1973 acquired | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Illinois Volunteers--24th Regiment |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Kirk, Edward Needles |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Kirk, Elizabeth Marcella Cameron |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Price, Ruth Kirk |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Correspondence. |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Kirk Family Papers |l 2005 | ||