JONES, ANN REILEY COLLECTION

Box 1

Folder 1

  1. Postcard labeled “Herd of thorough-bred Short horn and Black polled Angus Cattle on lands of Natalbany Lumber Co., LTD., specially adapted to cattle raising, near Hammond, LA”
  2. Historie De La Guerre Des Confederes by Edward A. Pollard, 1867

Folder 2

  1. New York Spectator, March 20, 1811 Foreign News (References French perspective of West Florida Parish Revolt and possible trade opportunities)

Folder 3

  1. 1855 hand-colored lithograph map of the St. Helena District (townships) survey done by the U.S. Government-engraver W. J. Stone

Box 2:

Folder 1:

[West Florida] Chester, Peter. Three crudely printed land grants for West Florida, engrossed in manuscript, each with an attached manuscript survey map. 

Two pages of notes from Thomas W. Streeter. 

Folder 2:

[West Florida] Banks, James. Petition requesting a grant of 200 acres signed “To His Excellency Peter Chester…” Two pages on a single leaf.

Folder 3:

Letter from John Ballinger to Fulwar Skipwith, December 15, 1811

Descriptive information from Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, Inc.

Box 3: 

Folder 1:

  1. Purchasing documentation and correspondence regarding W.S.B. Hopkins biographical information (14 items)
  2. Photocopy of pg. 159 “Regimental Index” from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
  3. Photocopy of pg. 1259-1260 “Regimental Histories” from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
  4. Photocopy of pgs. 42 and 65 from Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives of the Civil War, 1961
  5. Photocopy of pgs. 444 and 624 from The War of the Rebellion, 1961
  6. Four photos of members of the 31st Massachusetts Infantry
  7. Widow’s pension documents for Elizabeth Hopkins (17 pages)
  8. Widow’s pension amount for Elizabeth Hopkins
  9. W.S.B. Hopkins Company Muster Roll for 31st Mass.
  10. Photocopy of pg. 1259-1260 “31st Regiment Infantry” from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

Folder 2:

  1. “Papers relating to settlement with my Guardian and my share of Mrs. Bennett’s Estate” – W.S.B. Hopkins (16 items) with letter from Abby Bowen
  2. Payment to A.S. Peck, August 17, 1859
  3. W.S.B. Hopkins Supreme Court Certificate
  4. Paper with Holyoke Lodge No. 134 header
  5. “The Transport: 1862 – An Episode During the American Civil War” by Capt. W.S.B. Hopkins, 31st Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers (13 pages)
  6. Holyoke Settlement Records 1850-1853

Folder 3:

  1. Untitled manuscript on the Civil War (25 pages)
  2. Biographical information on W.S.B. Hopkins (19 pages)
  3. Worcester Semi-Centennial Celebration Address by W.S.B. Hopkins, delivered Friday, June 24, 1898
  4. Christmas Eve letter from Ann Reilly Jones to Rowland Gill
  5. Auction payment information (3 pages)
  6. Representative Men of Mass. 1890-1900, “Hopkins, William Swinton Bennett” 1898, Massachusetts Publishing
  7. Historic New Orleans Collection Newsletter, vol. VI, no. 2, Spring 1998
  8. Historic New Orleans Collection Newsletter, vol. V, no. 1, Winter 1987
  9. Historic New Orleans Collection Newsletter, vol. V, no. 3, Summer 1987
  10. Historic New Orleans Collection Newsletter, vol. XI, no. 2, Spring 1993

Folder 4:

  1. Newspaper clipping, “Union Soldier’s Letters to Family Compiled” March 7, 1993
  2. Envelope, Edward Atkinson, Esq., Treasurer, Boston Mass.
  3. “Time Book No. 1” by Edward Atkinson

Box 4: W.S.B. Hopkins Letters 

  1. Drawing by W.S.B. Hopkins, “Parade battery and surrounding moat”
  2. Map drawn by W.S.B. Hopkins, “showing the General March of the Army of Major General Banks from Berwick City to Opelousas, La 11-20th April 1863 with the principle position of two principal engagements” accompanies 21 April 1863 letter, with documents for LA State Museum

Folder 1: 

  1. Dated notes of Civil War battles May 7, 1862 – May 27, 1863
  2. Ann Reilly Jones’ list of Hopkins letters and descriptions of people mentioned

Folder 2:

  1. Letter with transcript, 9 January 1862, Camp Seward
  2. Letter with transcript, 23 February 1862, Steamer “Mississippi” off Maryland
  3. Letter with transcript, 24 February 1862, Steamer “Mississippi”
  4. Letter with transcript, 25 February 1862, Fortress Monroe, Virginia
  5. Letter with transcript, 1 March 1862, Cape Fear
  6. Letter with transcript, 2 March 1862, Steamer Mississippi off Charleston S.C.; part 2, 4 March 1862, Port Royal Seabrook’s Plantation
  7. Letter with transcript, 8 March 1862, Camp Seabrook, Hilton Head Island 
  8. Letter with transcript, 12 March 1862, Hilton Head, Port Royal Entrance, South Carolina; part 2, 13 March 1862, Off Savannah; part 3, March 13
  9. Letter with transcript, 20 March 1862, Ship Island, Gulf of Mexico
  10. Letter with transcript, 30 March 1862, Ship Island

Folder 3:

  1. Letter with transcript, 2 April 1862, Ship Island
  2. Letter with transcript, 10 April 1862, Ship Island; part 2, 11 April 1862
  3. Letter with transcript, 13 April 1862, Ship Island
  4. Letter with transcript, 15 June 1862, Camp Morewood, New Orleans
  5. Letter with transcript, 11 August 1862, Steamer “Malanzas” off Cape Fear; part 2, 15 August, Gulf of Mexico; part 3, Sunday 17 August
    1. Very faint pencil sketch on back of last page of letter, apparently indicating passes at mouth of the Mississippi River
  6. Letter with transcript, 20 August 1862, Camp Morewood, N.O.
  7. Letter with transcript, 31 August 1862, Fort Jackson La.
    1. Pressed flower in graph paper
  8. Letter with transcript, 6 September 1862, Ware
  9. Letter with transcript, 19 September 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  10. Letter with transcript, 21 September 1862, Fort Jackson La.

Folder 4:

  1. Letter with transcript, 24 September 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  2. Letter with transcript, 2 October 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  3. Letter with transcript, 5 October 1862, “Cypress Hall” Fort Jackson La.
  4. Letter with transcript, 16 October 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  5. Letter with transcript, 19 October 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  6. Letter with transcript, 20 October 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  7. Letter with transcript, 20 October 1862, Baton Rouge La.
  8. Letter with transcript, 25 October 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  9. Letter with transcript, 14 November 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  10. Letter with transcript, 17 November 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  11. Letter with transcript, 24 November 1862, Fort Jackson La.; part 2, 29 November 1862
  12. Letter with transcript, 29 November 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  13. Letter with transcript, 3 December 1862, Fort Jackson La.; part 2, 4 December 1862

Folder 5:

  1. Letter with transcript, 4 December 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  2. Letter with transcript, 27 December 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  3. Letter with transcript, 29 December 1862, Fort Jackson La.
  4. Letter with transcript, 13 January 1863, Fort Jackson La.
  5. Letter with transcript, 15 January 1863, Fort Jackson La.
  6. Letter with transcript, 20 January 1863, Fort Jackson La.
  7. Letter with transcript, 30 January 1863, Room 14 City Hall, New Orleans; part 2, 10 February 1863
  8. Letter with transcript, 1 February 1863, Room 14 City Hall, New Orleans
  9. Letter with transcript, 3 February 1863, New Orleans
  10. Letter with transcript, 6 February 1863, New Orleans
  11. Letter with transcript, 21 February 1863, Camp Kearney, Carrollton La.
  12. Letter with transcript, 24 February 1863, Camp Kearney, Carrollton La.
    1. Line pencil drawing entitled “Night Scene in a Sugar House, Indian Village, Bayou Plaquemine, La. Feb. 18. 1863”
  13. Letter with transcript, 10 March 1863, Camp Magnolia, Baton Rouge

Folder 6:

  1. Letter with transcript, 21 March 1863, Camp Magnolia, Baton Rouge
    1. Pencil line drawing entitled “Head Quarters 31st Massachusetts Vols. in the field five miles from Baton Rouge Mar. 19. 1863”
  2. Letter with transcript, 27 March 1863, Baton Rouge; part 2, March 29; part 3, March 30; on the back of letter, letter from Hopkins’ daughter
  3. Letter with transcript, 4 April 1863, Algiers; part 2, 8 April 1863
  4. Letter with transcript, 18 April 1863, near Vermilionville La.
  5. Letter with transcript, 19 April 1863, Vermilionville; part 2, 24 April 1863, Opelousas La.
  6. Letter with transcript, 21 April 1863, Opelousas La.
  7. Letter with transcript, 2 May 1863, Opelousas La.
  8. Letter with transcript, 9 May 1863, Alexandria La.
  9. Letter with transcript, 10 May 1863, Alexandria La.; part 2, May 13
  10. Letter with transcript, 14 May 1863, Alexandria La.
  11. Letter with transcript, 20 May 1863, Simmesport La.
  12. Letter with transcript, 28 May 1863, Battlefield at Port Hudson La.; part 2, 30 May 1863
  13. Letter with transcript, 31 May 1863, Battlefield at Port Hudson La.
    1. Records of a Louisiana plantation
  14. Letter with transcript, 3 June 1863, before Port Hudson La.

Folder 7:

  1. Letter with transcript, 6 June 1863, before Port Hudson La.; part 2, 7 June 1863
  2. Letter with transcript, 11 June 1863, before Port Hudson La.
  3. Letter with transcript, 12 June 1863, before Port Hudson La.
  4. Letter with transcript, 14 June 1863, before Port Hudson La.
  5. Letter with transcript, 29 June 1863, before Port Hudson La.
  6. Letter with transcript, 3 July 1863, before Port Hudson La.; part 2, 4 July 1863
  7. Letter with transcript, 8 July 1863, Port Hudson La.
  8. Letter with transcript, 14 July 1863, Baton Rouge
  9. Letter with transcript, 23 July 1863, Donaldsonville La.
  10. Letter with transcript, 31 July 1863, St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans
  11. Letter with transcript, 10 August 1863, Camp Magnolia, Baton Rouge
  12. Letter with transcript, 11 August 1863, Camp Magnolia, Baton Rouge; part 2, August 13
  13. Letter with transcript, 16 August 1863, Camp Magnolia, Baton Rouge
  14. Letter with transcript, 23 August 1863, Camp Magnolia, Baton Rouge

Folder 8:

  1. Letter with transcript, 30 August 1863, Camp Magnolia, Baton Rouge
  2. Letter with transcript, 6 September 1863, New Orleans La.; part 2, September 7
  3. Letter with transcript, 20 September 1863, Baton Rouge La.; letter from wife on back
  4. Letter with transcript, 23 September 1863, Baton Rouge La.
  5. Letter with transcript, 27 September 1863, Camp Banks, Baton Rouge La.
  6. Letter with transcript, 3 October 1863, Baton Rouge La.; part 2, October 4
  7. Letter with transcript, 10 October 1863, Baton Rouge La.
  8. Letter with transcript, 4 November 1863, Baton Rouge La.
  9. Letter with transcript, 8 November 1863, Baton Rouge La.; part 2, November 4
  10. Letter with transcript, 16 November 1863, Baton Rouge La.
  11. Letter with transcript, 22 November 1863, Baton Rouge La.
  12. Letter with transcript, Thanksgiving Day 26 November 1863, Baton Rouge La.

Folder 9:

  1. Letter with transcript, 30 November 1863, Baton Rouge La.
  2. Letter with transcript, 13 December 1863, St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans
  3. Letter with transcript, 16 December 1863, Carrollton La.; letter from his wife on back
  4. Letter with transcript, 20 December 1863, Carrollton La.
  5. Letter with transcript, 25 December 1863, New Orleans La.
  6. Letter, 20 March 1862
  7. (on the back of #92) letter, 30 March 1862
  8. Letter, 2 April 1862
  9. (on the back of #94) letter, 10 April 1862