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Emmons Dexter Guild papers (Ms. 78.20)

Brown University Library

Box A, John Hay Library
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
Fax: 401-863-2093
email: hay@brown.edu

Collection Overview

Title: Emmons Dexter Guild papers
Date range: 1861-1906, (bulk 1861-1865)
Creator: Guild, Emmons Dexter, 1843-1909
Extent: 100 item(s)
Abstract: The Emmons Dexter Guild papers comprise some 100 items, the bulk of which are letters he wrote to his family in the course of his service in the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry during the Civil War. The collection includes financial papers of the Improved Order of Red Men, Pokanoket Tribe No. 38, a fraternal organization to which Guild belonged, along with items that relate to Guild's role as Aide-de-Camp in the Grand Army of the Republic.
Language of materials: English.
Repository: Brown University Library, Special Collections
Collection number: Ms. 78.20