Volume 14
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Meigs, Montgomery C., 1816-1892
label: Collection Photographer
content: Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902
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content: Montgomery C. Meigs Papers
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content: Montgomery C. Meigs Papers / Series 1: Scrapbooks
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1882 November 9 to 1883 June 2
container: label: Container
content: Box 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Text
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content: Volume 14 is a bound scrapbook with numbered pages and an index. It contains newspaper clippings and 
handwritten notes. Inside the front cover there is an index packet with detailed notes on the contents of the volume. 

Volume 14 is labeled  as "Miscellaneous" by Meigs, and covers a wide range of topics. The most common topic is the war in Egypt and its results. There are numerous illustrations and political cartoons about Egypt. There are stories and some illustrations related to the death of French statesman Leon Gambetta. Meigs included many articles on changes in U.S. Army policy and pay, as well as obituaries and real estate sales. There are also several lengthy pieces on wealthy politicians and their lives and investments. Meigs included several clippings about the Civil War and past Indian Wars battles, as well as updates on the trial of Major General Fitz John Porter for his actions at the Battle of Second Bull Run in August 1862.

Some of the publications represented in Volume 14 includeThe New-York Daily Tribune, The Daily Graphic, and the Army and Navy Journal.