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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Easby-Smith family papers, 1837-1871</title>
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  <abstract>Chiefly correspondence of William Russell Smith with his wife, Wilhelmine, relating to the seccession of Alabama and to Confederate congressional affairs.  Also includes correspondence (1837-1848) of Smith's father-in-law, William Easby, with Millard Fillmore and others.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>William Russell Smith (1815-1896) was a U.S. and Confederate representative from Alabama and an officer in the 26th Alabama Volunteers, whose third wife was Wilhelmine  M. Easby, daughter of William Easby.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Easby, William</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1791-1854</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Smith, Wilhelmine M. Easby</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Smith, William Russell</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1815-1896</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Fillmore, Millard</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1800-1874</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Easby family</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Smith family</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Confederate States of America.</namePart>
      <namePart>Army.</namePart>
      <namePart>Alabama Infantry Regiment, 26th.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Confederate States of America.</namePart>
      <namePart>Congress.</namePart>
    </name>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Secession</topic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Alabama</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
  </subject>
  <identifier type="lccn">mm 78019380</identifier>
  <accessCondition type="restrictionOnAccess">Open to research.</accessCondition>
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