Box 1

This series includes several Civil War-related letters from or to members of the Atkeson-Morgan family and a copy of a poem about the Confederacy.

This series includes business correspondence from John Morgan, Sr., John Morgan, Jr., and James Beale.

This series consists of correspondence written to John Morgan, Sr. by his siblings, his sons, James Beale, and Samuel Moore.

This series includes correspondence to and from John Morgan, Jr..

This series consists of correspondence of the sons of John Morgan, Jr. and Semantha Atkeson-Morgan: John, Thomas Atkeson, Rembrandt, and Albert Sidney; and grandson, William Morgan.

These letters originate in Mt. Jackson and Orkney Springs, and reference a local flu epidemic and related fatalities, including the youngest son of Charles Moore. They also mention the death of John’s son Maurice. An 1860 letter describes the family’s recent move to Orkney and the smoother ride over well graded roads. Samuel Moore also discusses business, selling forty-three acres and a mill for $14,000 and his decision to sell more land in a better market.

These letters are all written from “Home.” In addition to reports of health and visitors, the letters primarily regard farm business, such as the selling of livestock in Ohio, crop prices, news of hay, straw, wheat, hogs, corn, and cattle. One letter (1867) is written from Portsmouth, Ohio while Jim was on a trip.

John reports an incident on the Kanawha River in which he had to save himself on a sinking skiff. Farm news includes information about the tobacco crop and the traps they are setting to catch the culprits who are poisoning the hounds. He also relates “ma’s” cough remedy, as boiled down bourbon, sweetened with sugar or molasses. In 1860, he is trying to muster forty-five men into a company of men at “Mouth Poca.”

This series consists of correspondence written to John Morgan, Jr. by several of his relatives.

This series includes general correspondence written to John Morgan, Jr. by S.A. Miller and B.B. Harding.