MSA SC 684-7-1
Fragile materials. Contact department of Special Collections for access.
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00/09/07/S8
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Description
Scrapbook containing correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the financing, construction, and dedication of the War Correspondents Monument at Gapland, Md. Includes:
- letters to Townsend from Henry M. Stanley, Edmund C. Stedman, A.R. Spofford, John R. McLean, Crosby S. Noyes, Maryland Governor Lloyd Lowndes, and John Russell Young.
- a memorandum written by Townsend on the history of the War Correspondents Memorial.
- sketches by Townsend and J. L. Smithmeyer for the War Correspondents Memorial.
- a poem written by Townsend, "Army Correspondent's Last Ride."
- materials about the Battle of South Mountain, fought in 1862 near Gapland.
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MSA SC 684-7-2
Fragile materials. Contact department of Special Collections for access.
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Original.
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00/09/07/24
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Description
Architectural drawings of Townsend's house (Gapland Hall) in Gapland, Md.
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MSA SC 684-7-3
Fragile materials. Contact department of Special Collections for access.
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Original.
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00/09/07/24
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Description
Miscellaneous materials on Gapland, Md. Includes:
- photographs of the War Correspondents Monument and Gapland Hall.
- sketches by Townsend for his tomb at Gapland Hall.
- plat of Gapland.
- account by Townsend of how he came to acquire Gapland.
- newspaper clippings, including obituaries of Henry M. Stanley.
- letters from various individuals, including John Russell Young and Crosby S. Noyes.
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MSA SC 684-7-4
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1872
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00/09/07/24
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Description
"Information about the State of Arkansas, and a description of the Troubles and Lawlessness in Pope County during the Summer and Autumn of the year 1872." A collection of Townsend's newspaper articles on this subject.
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MSA SC 684-7-5
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Original.
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00/09/07/24
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Description
Handwritten manuscript by Townsend on President Chester A. Arthur.
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MSA SC 684-7-6
NO RESTRICTIONS
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Original.
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00/09/07/24
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Description
Handwritten manuscript by Townsend on the Beecher trial.
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MSA SC 684-7-7
NO RESTRICTIONS
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Original.
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00/09/07/24
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Description
Handwritten manuscript by Townsend on James G. Blaine.
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MSA SC 684-7-8
NO RESTRICTIONS
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Original.
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00/09/07/24
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Description
Handwritten manuscript by Townsend on the "Carpet Bag Period" and the Civil War.
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