Sub-group I. Coffin’s writings
Scope and Contents
Contains thirty-seven patriotic addresses, delivered at different times over the thirty years after the Civil War. They describe famous battles, and most are optimistic, patriotic pro-Union effusions which express the nineteenth century religion of patriotism, which identified America with the Promised Land.
Some of these addresses may have been written as chapters for books. Certainly intended as part of a book is a notebook with rough retrospective notes on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. There is also an 1869 letter to Coffin with maps of the district of Bayfield, Wisconsin.
Dates
- 1861-1890
Conditions Governing Access
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections material is non-circulating, requires staff retrieval, and is available to NEHGS members (Research level and above) during normal library hours.
Extent
From the Collection: 2 linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896 (Person)
- From the Collection: Bach, John M. (Person)
- From the Collection: Clay, C. C. (Clement Claiborne), 1816-1882 (Person)
- From the Collection: Drayton, Thomas, 1808-1891 (Person)
- From the Collection: Gonzales, Ambrosio José (Person)
- From the Collection: Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887 (Person)
- From the Collection: Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888 (Person)
- From the Collection: Mosby, Virginia Jackson McLaurine, 1815-1897 (Person)
- From the Collection: Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905 (Person)
- From the Collection: Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885 (Person)
- From the Collection: Tucker, Nathaniel Beverley, 1820-1890 (Person)
- From the Collection: Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884 (Person)
- From the Collection: D'Erlanger, Emile B. (Emile Beaumont), 1866- (Person)
- From the Collection: French, S. Bassett (Samuel Bassett), 1820-1898 (Person)
- From the Collection: Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899 (Person)
- From the Collection: Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864 (Person)
- From the Collection: Trenholm, George Alfred, 1807-1876 (Person)
- From the Collection: McRae, Colin J. (Colin John), 1812-1877 (Person)
- From the Collection: Eggleston, Edward W. (Person)
- From the Collection: Pope, Joseph Daniel (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Repository
R. Stanton Avery Special Collections
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