Jedediah Hotchkiss papers, 1835-1908 (bulk 1875-1898).
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Mixed materialsDescription: 20,000 items; 74 containers; 61 microfilm reels; 29.6 linear feetSubject(s): - Allan, William, 1837-1889 -- Correspondence
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 -- Correspondence
- Chandler, William E. (William Eaton), 1835-1917 -- Correspondence
- Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898 -- Correspondence
- Daniel, John W. (John Warwick), 1842-1910 -- Correspondence
- Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894 -- Correspondence
- Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 -- Correspondence
- Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904 -- Correspondence
- Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 -- Correspondence
- LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901 -- Correspondence
- Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905 -- Correspondence
- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Correspondence
- Mahone, William, 1826-1895 -- Correspondence
- McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949 -- Correspondence
- McGuire, Hunter, 1835-1900 -- Correspondence
- Moody, Dwight Lyman, 1837-1899 -- Correspondence
- Pelham, John, 1838-1863 -- Correspondence
- Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 -- Correspondence
- Tucker, Henry St. George, 1853-1932 -- Correspondence
- Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 -- Correspondence
- Beecher family
- Hotchkiss family
- Confederate States of America. Army
- Gauley Coal Company
- Guyandot Coal Land Association
- North Flat-Top Land Association
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia
- Geology -- Virginia
- Land companies -- West Virginia
- Land use, Rural -- West Virginia
- Military topography -- Virginia
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps
- Army officers, Confederate
- Civil engineers
- Historians
- Microfilm edition available, no. 17,917.
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries (1845-1899), notebooks, subject files, writings, financial papers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and printed material relating principally to Hotchkiss's service with the Confederate Army as a topographical engineer in Virginia and to his involvement with various land and mining schemes in West Virginia, especially the Gauley Coal Company, Guyandot Coal Land Association, and North Flat-Top Land Association. Civil War diaries, notebooks, and journals describe troop movements and battles. Includes genealogical papers relating to the Hotchkiss and Beecher families, copies of William Barton Rogers' notebooks (1835-1841) for his geological survey of Virginia, and papers of Hotchkiss's wife, Sara Anne Comfort Hotchkiss.
Correspondents include William Allan, James Gillespie Blaine, William E. Chandler, Robert Lewis Dabney, John W. Daniel, Jubal Anderson Early, Stephen B. Elkins, John Brown Gordon, Nelson Hotchkiss, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph LeConte, Fitzhugh Lee, Robert E. Lee, William Mahone, S.S. McClure, Hunter McGuire, Dwight Lyman Moody, John Pelham, Jeb Stuart, Henry St. George Tucker, and Henry A. Wise.
Microfilm edition available, no. 17,917.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service.
Artifacts transferred to Smithsonian Institution.
Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.
Photographs and other pictorial material transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Confederate Army officer, topographical and mining engineer, and historian.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
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