Letter from Libbie to her aunt, Junia Roberts Osterhout, about life in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Libbie wrote of a recent, elegant wedding she had attended and some of the fashion she had been seeing recently. At school, she got held after for breaking one of the rules. The letter closed when it became too late for her to continue writing. Included is an envelope addressed to "Mrs. J. P. Osterhout."

Front cover from a series of military maps that illustrates army operations and battlefields

Map shows railroads, cities, and towns for the states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Includes area statistics by state. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,270,000].

Map shows numbered wards, street names, parks, military installations, railroads, ferry and steamboat routes, and some buildings, businesses and institutions in late nineteenth century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Scale not given.

Map shows major roads, canals, railroads, counties, cities, towns, and township boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,475,000].

Letter from Leyman Richardson to his friend, John Patterson Osterhout, in response to a letter John sent a month earlier. Leyman was grateful to hear that John had survived the Civil War and informed him of what was happening with the Richardson family. The government requested that Leyman be in charge of a school for children who were orphaned by the war, but decided it was too big of a project for his family. Included is an envelope addressed to "John P. Osterhout."

Map shows Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties, cities, towns, canals, and railroads during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000].

Letter requesting that the descriptive list and clothing accounts for Maus V. V. Washburn, who is a patient in the Cuyler U. S. Army General Hospital in Philadelphia, be forwarded to the Medical Director's Office in Philadelphia as he was admitted with nothing.

Letter from Assistant surgeon H.S. Schell to Capt. T.C. Kendall requesting the descriptive list of Private Mauz. V.V. Washburn. A descriptive list is a soldier's record which documents his medical history, physical description, as well as clothing accounts and deposits. In this case, Schell would be requesting his medical history, but would receive an all-encompassing descriptive list of Private Washburn. Schell states that two application requests have been made for this soldier's descriptive list: one on October 24, 1864 and the other on January 24, 1865. He notes that the Cuyler Hospital has yet to receive the requested descriptive list.

Map shows railroads, roads, towns, petroleum companies, oil wells; landowners or oil lessees, town layouts, and property locations. Insets: "Plan extension of Tionesta Creek" and "Plan of extension of Oil Creek." Scale [ca. 1:50,000].

Map shows states, cities and towns, canals, railroads, major roads, and areas of Native American habitation in the eastern half of the United States and upper Florida to the western territories. Includes legend and notes. Inset: "Südl. Haupt-Theil von Texas." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,350,000].

Letter to the Commanding Company that Private Joseph D. Lace was furnished transportation from Harrisburg PA to Pittsburgh PA at the cost of $4.96.

Letter to the Commanding Company that Private Joseph D. Lace was furnished transportation from Harrisburg PA to Pittsburgh PA at the cost of $4.96.

Letter from S. P. Sundam that transportation was funished for J. D. Luce from Elmira NY to Harrisburg PA at the cost of $3.55.

Letter to the Paymaster General that transportation was furnished to Baltimore MD for Joseph Freeman at the cost of $2.06.

Letter from the Provost Marshal's Office, addressed to the commanding officer of Company F, 1st Regiment, New York Cavalry Vols. regarding John Duger. Text of letter: Sir: I have the honor to inform you that John Duger of your Company was reported at this office, from the Carlisle District, Pa., as a Deserter from the U. S. Army, May 2nd, 1864. He was this day forwarded to Baltimore en route to his Regiment. Cost of Arrest....$30.00 " Transportation....$2.10 Total to be charged....#32.10 The letter is signed by "Capt. 53d P. V., and Provost Marshal Post."

Letter from the Provost Marshal's Office, addressed to the commanding officer of Company F, 1st Regiment, New York Cavalry Vols. regarding William W. Wilson. Text of letter: Sir: I have the honor to inform you that William W. Wilson of your Company was reported at this office, from the Carlisle District, Pa., as a Deserter from the U. S. Army, May 2nd, 1864. He was this day forwarded to Baltimore en route to his Regiment. Cost of Arrest....$30.00 " Transportation....$2.10 Total to be charged....#32.10 The letter is signed by "Capt. 53d P. V., and Provost Marshal Post."

Map shows Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties, cities, towns, and railroads during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:981,000].

Map shows Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties, cities, towns, and railroads during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:998,000].

Map shows Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties, cities, towns, and railroads during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000].

Map shows Pennsylvania and New Jersey counties, cities, towns, and railroads during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000].

Map shows boundaries, physical features, and major cities in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,118,400].

Map shows railroads, roads, counties, towns, and mountains in Pennsylania, New Jersey, and parts of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, and New York; differentiation of railroad lines owned and leased by Pennsylvania Rail Road Company. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:640,000].

Map shows proposed Pacific Railway routes and existing transportation routes across the mid-nineteenth century northeast United States. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,294,720].