Major James Lucius Cross Correspondence, 1861-1865, Date acquired: 00/00/1993, bulk 1861-1862
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Cross, James Lucius, 1834-1893
- Extent:
- 1.40 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Major James Lucius Cross Correspondence, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1997-003
Background
- Scope and content:
17 original, handwritten letters, mostly written by James Lucius Cross, arranged chronologically. Some of the letters have been photocopied. Topics include his military experiences and the death of his young wife. Correspondents include his mother, brother, sister, and Francis Eppes. Seven of the letters are datelined from Tallahassee, where he lived and taught at the West Florida Seminary, including a letter from just after the Civil War (December 1865), where he worked for the United States Government shipping ordnance from Florida to South Carolina.
- Biographical / historical:
James Lucius Cross, was born October 27, 1834 in Frederick County, Virginia. In 1859, he married Betty Miller. Cross entered Virginia Military Institute on August 7, 1852 and graduated ninth in his class on July 4, 1856. According to William George Dodd, in his History of West Florida Seminary, Major Cross was hired by the Seminary's Principal Philip H. Montague in the 1860-1861 academic year as a teacher of mathematics and tactics at the Seminary's boys' school. Major Cross replaced Professor James H. Lane, who resigned his position because of a grievance concerning the supervising and teaching of the younger boys.
- Acquisition information:
- The Special Collections Department purchased the Major James Lucius Cross Correspondence from rare manuscript and book dealer Charles Apfelbaum in 1993.
- Processing information:
Burt Altman, Special Collections Department staff member, processed the Major James Lucius Cross Correspondence in 1997. The original letters have been encapsulated. The finding aid was revised in 2005.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Collection is open to all researchers.
- Terms of access:
Copyright has not been transferred to the Florida State University Libraries.
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Major James Lucius Cross Correspondence, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS-1997-003
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
