Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, April 28, 1865. During this time, Bennitt takes his medical exams in Cincinnati and visits his family in Centreville. He is sent to Charleston, South Carolina,…

Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, May 6, 1865. During this time, Bennitt takes his medical exams in Cincinnati and visits his family in Centreville. He is sent to Charleston, South Carolina,…

Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, May 19, 1865. During this time, Bennitt takes his medical exams in Cincinnati and visits his family in Centreville. He is sent to Charleston, South Carolina,…

Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, May 21, 1865. During this time, Bennitt takes his medical exams in Cincinnati and visits his family in Centreville. He is sent to Charleston, South Carolina,…

Correspondence from surgeon John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan to his wife Charlotte, June 13, 1865. During this time, Bennitt takes his medical exams in Cincinnati and visits his family in Centreville. He is sent to Charleston, South Carolina,…

Black and white photograph of a woman standing in a forest.

Letter discussing potential Whig nominees for President in the 1836 election, and the growing approval of a Daniel Webster candidacy.

Letter regarding Chase's opinion of Congress's power to coin currency other than gold and silver.

Black and white lantern slide copy of a sketch of petroglyphs on Table Rock, as traced in 1850, from an unknown source.

Ohio River paddle steamers near Cincinnati.

Theodore Victor Peticolas, born 29 Feb. 1800 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was a fruit farmer in Union Township, Clermont County, Ohio at the time he maintained this diary. It contains his account of the day-to-day routine farm work, crops, family,…