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Id'd Civil War Photos Memoir, Documents, New Hampshire Autographed Biography<br>from Daughter Very Extensive<br><br>lot) Family archive of Albert Henry Clay Jewett (New Hampshire, Washington,<br>D.C.,1841-1898), discharged as First Lieutenant, Fourth Regiment of Volunteers,<br>State of New Hampshire, Army of the Potomac, later employed at the U.S.<br>Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.: (1) half plate<br>tintype of Jewett standing, uniform includes officer epaulettes; (1) quarter<br>plate tintype of Jewett from waist up, his uniform includes kepi and officer<br>epaulettes; (1) albumen head shot of Jewett, the collar of his uniform is<br>visible; (1) certificate appointing Jewett a Second Lieutenant effective<br>November 5, 1862 signed by Nathaniel S. Berry, Governor of New Hampshire with<br>the state seal; (1) certificate appointing Jewett a First Lieutenant effective<br>August 14, 1863 signed by Joseph A Gilmore, Governor of New Hampshire with the<br>state seal: (2) books, "A Boy Goes to War" by Albert Henry Clay Jewett,<br>copyright Grace J. Austin, 1944 (Grace, his daughter) one signed at the at the<br>interior by Grace, the book being a autobiographical sketch of Jewett's war<br>experience, the front piece and dust cover a photo picture of Jewett and his<br>sword; (1) 1892 letter from the State of New Hampshire, Adjutant-General's<br>office reciting the Revolutionary War record of Jewett's grandfather' (1)<br>tintype, 1/16 plate size likeness of a woman believed to be Jewett's wife or<br>lady friend, marked in ink "Picture rec'd in service about 1862 or 1863 from<br>T(J?)erry; documents related to his Bureau of Pensions employment; together with<br>large group of family letters relating to Jewett, for shipping largest item: 17"<br>x 14", total: 5.35lbs<br><br>There's many letters and photos from Frank M Austin to the daughter Grace who<br>published the book of memoirs AHC Jewett wrote. Really so much stuff, not all<br>civil war, but all connected to the family.
