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Leonard family

 Family

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Charles S. Leonard papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Leonard
Abstract

Civil War military service documents of Charles S. Leonard, 31st Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, together with correspondence and forms relating to Leonard's efforts to correct his service record and obtain military pension and bounty payments. Also genealogical notes, possibly relating to Leonard's attempt to qualify for the Society of Mayflower Descendants, a deed for the sale of 160 acres in Norton County, Kan. and a few newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1862-1897

Henry Kitchell Webster papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Webster
Abstract Correspondence and drafts and typescripts of works of Illinois novelist and short story writer, Henry Kitchell Webster, an Evanston native who had a highly successful literary career in the early decades of the twentieth century. Includes examples of the range of Webster’s published writings as well as extensive correspondence with literary agents and publishers, family, friends, fans, businesses and organizations. Also, miscellaneous documents and memorabilia, and one box of genealogical...
Dates: 1880-1932; Majority of material found within 1900-1932

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American literature -- Illinois -- Evanston 1
Authors, American -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
Bounties, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1