Manuscript Collection Inventory
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Post, Philip Sidney.
Collection, 1838, 1862-65
Civil War Materials
1.
Topographical sketch of the country between Murfreesboro,
Reedyville, Woodbury, & Bradyville, Tenn., compiled under the
direction of N. Michler, Capt., Topgl. Engrs., U.S.A., from
original reconnaissance, by Majr. J. E. Weyss [et al.].
Information on label affixed to the back of the map: Issued to
Col. Post, Comd'g Officer of 1st Brig., 1st Div., 20th A.C., at
Murfreesboro, Tenn., June 23, 1863. Partly in blue and yellow
ink.
21 3/4" x 10 1/2" [Identical or similar to a map (#4) in
the Philip Sidney Post collection at Knox College.]
Topographical sketch of the country adjacent to the
2.
turnpike between Gallatin and Hartsville, compiled from original
reconnaissance under the direction of Capt. N. Michler, Topi.
Engrs., U.S.A., by J. E. Weyss [et al.]. Partly in blue and
yellow ink. 21" x 11 1/2"
3.
Topographical sketch of the country adjacent to the
turnpike between Franklin and Columbia, Tenn., compiled from
various authorities under the direction of Capt. N. Michler,
U.S. Corps of Engineers, by Maj. J. E. Weyss, Ky. Vols. Partly
in blue, yellow, and red ink. 9 3/4" x 22 3/4"
4.
Sparta and its vicinity, constructed from information
received of W. Bosson, Esq., under the direction of Capt. N.
Michler, U.S. Corps of Engineers, by Maj. J. E. Weyss, Maj.,
Ky. Vols., May 1865. Partly in blue ink. 9 1/4" x 15"
5.
Topographical sketch of the country adjacent to the
turnpike between Nashville and Gallatin, compiled from original
reconnaissance under the direction of Capt. N. Michler, Top.
Engrs., U.S.A., by Major J. E. Weyss and Capt. J. Earhart,
U.S.V. 9 1/4" x 12 1/2"
6.
Topographical sketch of the battlefield of Chaplin Hills,
near Perryville, Kentucky, October 9, 1862. Partly in blue and
yellow ink.
11 1/2" x 10 1/2"
7.
Map of Middle and East Tennessee and parts of Alabama and
Georgia, compiled from various authorities for the use of Armies
of the Ohio and Cumberland, by Capt. N. Michler, Corps of
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Topographical Engineers, U.S.A., assisted by Major John E.
Weyss, U.S. Volunteers, principal assistant, and C. S. Mercell,
draughtsman, from March 1862 to December 1862. Partly in blue,
yellow, and red ink. 70 1/2" x 45"
(folded in squares)
8.
War Eagle and Camp Journal of the Army of the West. Camp at
Otterville. Vol. 1, No. 3, Saturday, January 11, 1862. Rev. N.
Shumate, chaplain, 9th Mo., editor; C. H. James, Co. C, 9th Mo.,
and D. G. Scouten, Co. H, 9th Mo., publishers. Four pages, four
columns (13" each) per page.
Miscellaneous Materials
9.
Indenture, England, 1838. 31 3/4" x 22 1/2"
Text, in part: This Indenture made the fourteenth day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty
eight between Thomas Smith of Tovie near Maidstone in the county
of Kent esquire and Samuel Smith of Blackheath in the said
county esquire of the first part, Joshua Ingham of Blake Hall
in Clearfield in the county of York esquire, James Taylor
Ingham of Tanfield Court in the Inner Temple London esquire,
Mary Wood, Sarah Wood, and Ruth Hannah Wood, all late of Tingley
House in the parish of West Ardsley in the said county of York
and all now of Leeds...
Sixteen signators, with seals. Parchment document, once folded
into nine sections. Endorsements on the bank of four of those
sections.