Earl Blake Cox Family Papers, 1759-1863
Table of Contents
- Overview of the Collection
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Biographical Note
- Content Description
- Use of the Collection
- Administrative Information
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Detailed Description of the Collection
- [Anderson, John] Receipt book, New York., 1759-1771
- Millard, Nathaniel Pritchard (1819-1879). Diaries, Louisiana., 1856-1859
- Fuller, Emelious Wood Letters, as a Union prisoner, to Mary B. Fuller, St. Martinsville, Louisiana, on interleaved pages in Flora's Dictionary by Elizabeth Washington Wirt (Baltimore: F. Lucas, Jr., 1837)., April-July, 1863
- Miscellaneous, also filed in Flora's dictionary: these include recipes, part of a letter, death notices for N. P. Millard and James F. Fuller, a letter-head, and a portrait of Captain E. W. Fuller., 1879-1900
- Donor file, correspondence with Earl Blake Cox., 1960-1970
- Names and Subjects
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Cox, Earl Blake
- Title
- Earl Blake Cox Family Papers
- Dates
- 1759-1863 (inclusive)17591863
- Quantity
- 0.5 Linear feet of shelf space, (1 Box)
- Collection Number
- Cage 93 (collection)
- Summary
- The collection contains: Receipt book, 1759-1771, New York, presumed to be John Anderson's; Diary of Nathaniel P. Milliard, 1856-1859, Louisiana sawmill operator; Letters of E. W. Fuller, 1863, while in Union prisoner of war camps; Fuller's portrait; Donor file; and Flora's Dictionary, by E. W. Wirt, interleaved with Fuller's letters.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open and available for research use. (Restrictions on viewing, originally placed in 1969, have since expired.)
- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
This collection of family papers contains a book of receipts, 1759-1763, apparently kept by Captain John Anderson, who family tradition connects with Alexander Hamilton. Anderson's daughter Affie Brower Anderson (b. 1753) married Sylvester Fuller (1753-1815) in 1776.
Their son, Alfonso Theodore Poster Fuller (1792-1857) and his wife Mary Swain, had thirteen children. The eldest son, Emelius Woods Fuller, a steamboat Captain, was captured and held prisoner by the Union army in 1863, where he wrote letters to his wife Mary B. Fuller on the blank leaves in Mrs. Wirt's Flora's Dictionary. His sister, Adela Romaine Fuller, married a Cox who was Earl Blake Cox's grandfather.
Captain E. W. Fuller's daughter, Mary Rozealia Anderson Fuller, who died in 1922, had married Nathaniel Pritchard Millard (1819-1879) on November 18, 1857. Millard was a sawmill operator in Louisiana and kept a diary from 1856-1859. His daughter married Adela Cox's son Edward Wirt Cox and their children were Earl Blake and Edna L. Cox. In this manner both A. T. F. Fuller and his son E. W. Fuller were E. B. Cox's great-grandfathers.
Content Description
The collection contains: Receipt book, 1759-1771, New York, presumed to be John Anderson's; Diary of Nathaniel P. Milliard, 1856-1859, Louisiana sawmill operator; Letters of E. W. Fuller, 1863, while in Union prisoner of war camps; Fuller's portrait; Donor file; and Flora's Dictionary, by E. W. Wirt, interleaved with Fuller's letters.
Use of the Collection
Alternative Forms Available
The letters of E. W. Fuller written in Flora's Dictionary by Elizabeth Washington Wirt (Baltimore: F. Lucas, Jr., 1837) have been digitized and are available as a digital exhibit.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions apply. Publications rights were retained by Earl B. Cox and Edna L. Cox.
Preferred Citation
[Item description]
Earl Blake Cox Family Papers, 1759-1863 (Cage 93)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: [Anderson, John] Receipt book, New York.1 volume.Dates: 1759-1771Container: Box 1, Folder 1
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Description: Millard, Nathaniel Pritchard (1819-1879). Diaries, Louisiana.4 volumes.Dates: 1856-1859Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Fuller, Emelious Wood Letters, as a Union prisoner, to Mary B. Fuller, St. Martinsville, Louisiana, on interleaved pages in Flora's Dictionary by Elizabeth Washington Wirt (Baltimore: F. Lucas, Jr., 1837).7 items.Dates: April-July, 1863Container: Box 1, Folder 3
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Description: Miscellaneous, also filed in Flora's dictionary: these include recipes, part of a letter, death notices for N. P. Millard and James F. Fuller, a letter-head, and a portrait of Captain E. W. Fuller.8 items.Dates: 1879-1900Container: Box 1, Folder 4
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Description: Donor file, correspondence with Earl Blake Cox.Dates: 1960-1970Container: Box 1, Folder 5
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Country life -- Louisiana
- Flower language -- Dictionaries
Personal Names
- Cox, Earl Blake -- Archives
- Fuller, Emelius Woods, 1815-1863
- Milliard, Nathaniel Pritchard, 1819-1879
- Wirt, E. W. (Elizabeth Washington), 1784-1857
Family Names
- Cox family -- Archives
- Fuller family -- Archives
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Fuller, Emelius Woods, 1815-1863 (creator)
- Milliard, Nathaniel Pritchard, 1819-1879 (creator)
- Wirt, E. W. (Elizabeth Washington), 1784-1857 (creator)
