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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], George Philip Harding Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0437, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of J. Walter Shugart III, alumnus of 1961. Before that they were owned by Jerry W. Showalter.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains three letters written by George Philip Harding from the Nevada Territory. They mention his travels throughout the country, the raids of the CSS Alabama, his personal feelings about the American Civil War, and the American Indian attacks on mail companies and the subsequent takeover by a new company with U.S. Troop protection, likely the Paiute War.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Alabama (Screw sloop)
• Correspondence
• Indians of North America -- Wars
• Postal service -- U.S. states
• Shugart, James Walter, III
• Voyages and travels