Volume 10
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
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content: 1881 July 16 to 1881 November 23
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content: Box 5
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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 10 is a bound scrapbook with numbered pages and an index with no entries.  This volume is listed as "Miscellaneous" by Meigs and contains newspaper clippings and handwritten notes about a variety of topics including President Garfield's assassination, Charles Guiteau and his trial, archaeological news, and obituaries of notable public figures, especially Civil War officers.

Volume 10, like other volumes listed as "Miscellaneous" by Meigs, contains a wide variety of topics. There are several stories about the declining health of President Garfield and his eventual death, as well as the inauguration of Chester A. Arthur. Additionally, there are stories about Charles Guiteau, Garfield's assassin, his plea and trial. There are also several stories about the continuing debates over Civil War battles and campaigns, and stories about decisions made by Civil War officers. Meigs included numerous obituaries of notable public figures, especially those connected  to the Civil War and the military as a whole. There are several stories on fighting in the West against Native Americans and on real estate transactions.

Some of the publications included in Volume 10 areThe New York Herald, The Daily Evening Telegraph, the Army and Navy Journal, the The New-York Daily Tribune, The Republic, and The Washington Post.