Skip to main content

Box 1, File 229 – 233

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

General Correspondence, undated

 File — Box: 1, File 229 – 233
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists mainly of correspondence but also includes military, social, business and financial records. The bulk being letters from Ryan and Ridding family members and friends. Topics include life in Burlington, Iowa, the Civil War, the military, and general life in the American West. Of particular interest are letters to and from Mary Ridding as the two tried to keep alive their nearly 1000-mile-love affair. In these letters, Ryan also talks about military life at Fort Steele...
Dates: undated