The George Day Stone Civil War Collection contains 96 letters and associated pieces of ephemera relating to correspondence between George Day Stone during his military service during the American Civil War. Primarily, the letters date to 1862-1865. George Day Stone was born in Jefferson, Ohio on October 10, 1829, and died September 9, 1898. He was laid to rest at Cross Creek Cemetery in Wintersville, in the town of Jefferson, Ohio.
The Joseph K. Pettengill Collection was donated to Florida State University by Robert Sherman Pettengill in 2005, having discovered his father's letters after retiring in 1999. The centerpiece of the Pettengill Collection is a series of letters from Joseph Pettengill, an army clerk with the G-3 Section of the 6th Army Group, Hq Special Troops in the ETO, to his mother and wife throughout his time serving in the United States Army in World War II.
This is a collection of engravings done by Theodor de Bry and his sons, Johann Theodore and Johann Israel, for the German version of the Grand Voyages: America series. The collection has been divided into two series.
