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Earl Blake Cox Family Papers, 1759-1863
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Cox, Earl Blake Family
- Title
- Earl Blake Cox Family Papers
- Dates
- 1759-1863 (inclusive)17591863
- Quantity
- 5 folders., (.5 linear feet of shelf space.)
- Collection Number
- Cage 93
- Summary
- Receipt book, 1759-1771, New York, presumed to be John Anderson's; diary of Nathaniel P. Millard, 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 Mrs. 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
-
Restrictions on viewing, originally placed in 1969, have since expired. This collection is open for research use.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
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, Emelious Wood 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 DescriptionReturn to Top
Receipt book, 1759-1771, New York, presumed to be John Anderson's; diary of Nathaniel P. Millard, 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 Mrs. E.W. Wirt, interleaved with Fuller's letters.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Publications rights were retained by Earl B. Cox and Edna L. Cox.
Preferred Citation
[Item Description]. Guide to the Earl Blake Cox Family Papers, Cage 93. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Alternative Forms Available
Digital reproductions of the E.W. Fuller letters written in "Flora's Dictionary" are available, along with transcriptions and commentary, at http://digitalexhibits.libraries.wsu.edu/exhibits/show/ewfuller/intro/florasdict.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| container | ||
| 1 | [Anderson, John] Receipt book, New
York. 1 volume.
|
1759-1771 |
| 2 | Millard, Nathaniel Pritchard
(1819-1879). Diaries, Louisiana. 4
volumes.
|
1856-1859 |
| 3 | Fuller, Emelious Wood Letters, as a Union prisoner, to Mary B. Fuller, St. Martinsville, Louisiana. | April-July, 1863 |
| 4 | 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.
|
1879-1900 |
| 5 | Donor file, correspondence with Earl Blake Cox. | 1960-1970 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Country life -- Louisiana
- Flower language --Dictionaries
Personal Names
- Fuller, Emelious Wood
- Fuller, Emelious Wood
- Millard, Nathaniel Pritchard, 1819-1879
- Wirt, E. W., Mrs.
Family Names
- Cox, Earl Blake Family--Archives (creator)
Geographical Names
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Titles within the Collection
- Flora's dictionary
Finding aid prepared by Terry
Abraham
1973
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
