Volume 39: War in Europe and elsewhere /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191296 1 box 1866-1904 Scope and Contents

Countries and topics represented in this volume include: Saxony/Russia, Brazil/Paraguay, Austro-Prussian War, Franco-Prussian War, Siege of Paris, Britain in India, Afghan War, Spanish War (patriotic envelopes), Boer War, Boxer Rebellion, French army expeditions (in Algeria, Morocco), Russo-Japanese War, Japan in Korea, Balkan War, Civil War in Mexico

Letters Removed /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191368 1 box 1866-1904 ALS (in German) by a soldier Leaf 3 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191835 1 folder 1866 6 15 Scope and Contents

Bears the Army Field Post mark of the Austro-Prussian War.

ALS (in French) by the Minister of War to his friend, Monsieur du P(?) Tégasse, Rennes, ("par ballon monté") Leaf 10 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191836 1 folder 1870 September 3 6 16 ALS (in French) by (?) Plumelle, Garde Mobile du Loiret, Orleans, to Charles Plumelle, Paris Leaf 4 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191837 1 folder 1870 September 11 6 17 ALS (in French) from Paris to Dieppe Leaf 8 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191838 1 folder 1870 September 18 6 18 Scope and Contents

This letter is dated the day the Siege of Paris began and, owing to hostile forces, it took over a month to reach its destination (back stamped Dieppe 1870 October 22

ALS (in French) by a husband to his wife, Madame Touchard, Thiberville, France Leaf 12 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191839 1 folder 1870 September 28 6 19 Scope and Contents

(via balloon mail) An "Amazing Indiscretion" during the Siege of Paris in a letter that gives a diagram of fortifications.

AC from Paris to Madame Octave Trousselle Leaf 13 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191840 1 folder 1870 October 4 6 20 Scope and Contents

(probably via balloon mail)

ALS (in French) by "Simon," Paris, to Monsieur Wiener (parents), Brussels, Belgium Leaf 11 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191841 1 folder 1870 October 5 6 21 Scope and Contents

(via balloon mail)

ALS (in French) by Jacquin, Maitre-Tailleur au 10e. de Cuirassiers, Niort, to Monsieur Balzan & fils Leaf 4 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191842 1 folder 1870 October 16 6 22 ALS (in French) by "Marc," Paris, to H. Wiszwianski, Russia Leaf 11 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191843 1 folder 1870 October 27 6 23 Scope and Contents

(via balloon mail)

ALS (in French) by a person in Paris to "Ma bien aimée Laura" (Mrs. Henry Willett), Norwich, England Leaf 11 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191844 1 folder 1870 November 15 6 24 Scope and Contents

(via balloon mail)

ALS (in French) by a parent in Paris to (daughters) Mesdemoiselles Menonville, Hamburg, Germany, 62nd day of the Siege Leaf 11 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191845 1 folder 1870 November 20-December 13 6 25 Scope and Contents

(via balloon mail)

ALS (in French) by a person in Geneva, to "Mon cher aimé" Monsieur Liviale(?), Paris Leaf 9 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191846 1 folder 1871 January 1 6 26 Scope and Contents

The inscription "Paris par Moulin (allier)" indicates the method of transportation of this letter during the Siege of Paris was in a zinc ball floated down the River Seine.

Gazette des Absents, Lettre-Journal de Paris, No. 25 Leaf 17 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191847 1 folder 1871 January 10 6 27 Scope and Contents

(published in Paris during the Siege)

D (in French) from Comptoir D'Escompte de Mirecourt to A. Manheimer, Colmar Leaf 7 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191848 1 folder 1871 January 17 6 28 Scope and Contents

This letter is franked with the stamp for Alsace and Lorraine that was issued under German occupation (Franco-Prussian War).

French article clipping titled "Le Siege de Paris" with an autograph note (in French) addressed to Alfred Gaymard, Grenoble Leaf 13 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191849 1 folder 1871 January 28 6 29 ALS (in French) by Jean Aucordier, Paris, to Antoine Aucordier (brother), soldier with the Communist Army stationed at the Fort de Vanvre, Montrouge Leaf 18 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191850 1 folder 1871 April 6 30 ACS by R. Sutherland, Suez, to Dr. Piggott, Suakim (seaport on Red Sea) Leaf 22 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191851 1 folder 1885 August 23 6 31 ACS by "Mamma," Dallas, to Augusta P. Newell, Lewiston, Maine Leaf 27 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191852 1 folder 1898 June 15 6 32 ACS by "E," Nova Scotia, to Mrs. H.P. Gray, Auburn, NY Leaf 43 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191853 1 folder 1898 July 31 6 33 ACS by a prisoner in the Broad Bottom Camp, St. Helena, to a person in Karlsruhe, Germany Leaf 43 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191854 1 folder 1901 November 14 6 34 Scope and Contents

St. Helena was where the British interned some thousands of Boer War prisoners.

ACS by James D. Ullmer(?) to Mrs. C.E. Colomy, Elkton, Va Leaf 27 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191855 1 folder 1904 September 28 6 35 ACS by W. Erdmann, German Force in South-West Africa, to a person in Frankfurt Leaf 51 /repositories/5/archival_objects/1191856 1 folder 1904 6 36