Wise family papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Correspondence; Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America. Army; History
Description: Chiefly correspondence of Henry Alexander Wise relating largely to the John Brown raid.  Includes letters (1905) of Albert Bushnell Hart. Correspondents include John C. Calhoun, Leslie Combs, John W. Forney, Amos C. Lawrence, John C. Rives, William B. Taliaferro, Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, Jr., and Wise's cousin, Henry Augustus Wise.
Notes: Open to research.

Microfilm edition of selected correspondence available, no. 16,888.

Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1976.

In part, transcripts and negative photocopies. [S.l.].

Gift and purchase, 1906-1954.

Wise family including Henry Alexander Wise, U.S. representative, governor of Virginia, and Confederate Army officer and Henry Augustus Wise, naval officer and author.

Collection material in English.