Laughton Family Correspondence
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 6 Apr 2010
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 6 Apr 2010
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Laughton family. |
| Title: | Laughton Family Correspondence |
| Dates: | 1861-1865 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Civil War era correspondence, printed material from a 19th century New York family. Bulk of correspondence is from soldiers Joseph Laughton and his brother John Laughton. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
The Laughton family was a 19th century family in central New York. Brothers John and Joseph both served in the Continental Army during the United States Civil War; one or both may have been with the New York Infantry, 38th Regiment.
The Laughton Family Correspondence consists of letters from members of the Laughton family to one another. The bulk of the collection consists of letters from brothers Joseph and John Laughton. There is one letter from their mother, one from Joseph's wife, and a few from a cousin named Willshire and from Seneca Newberry, a fellow soldier of Joseph's.
Letters are subdivided by sender and within that are in chronological order.
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Persons
Laughton family.
Laughton, John.
Laughton, Joseph B.
Laughton, Minerva.
Newberry, Seneca.
Corporate Bodies
United States. -- Army of the Potomac.
United States. -- Army. -- New York Infantry Regiment, 38th (1861-1863)
Places
New York (State) -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Genres and Forms
Letters (correspondence)
Occupations
Soldiers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Laughton Family Correspondence,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Unspecified, circa 1963.
Correspondence
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Laughton, John 1862 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Laughton, Joseph 1861-1864 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Laughton, Minerva (Minnie) 1862 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Laughton, — (John and Joseph's mother?) 1862 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Newberry, Seneca (comrade of Joseph) 1864 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | —, Willshire (cousin?) 1861-1865 | ||||||||||