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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Valentine Reimann's Miscellaneous Papers |
| Author | Reimann, Valentine |
| Date | 6 Aug 1844 - 25 Aug 1908 |
| Document Type | Manuscript; Legal Papers |
| Reference | SC019 |
| Library / Archive | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| Collection Name | Valentine Reimann Papers, 1844-1903 |
| Description | Miscellaneous personal papers belonging to Valentine Reimann, including his Army commission papers, a contract to become a shoe and boot making apprentice, his certificate of citizenship, a photocopy of a diary page reporting Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and a manuscript history of the Cornwall family and a biography of John Lawrence (ancestors of the Reimann family). |
| Series Description | The collection includes correspondence, diaries, financial and legal records, genealogical information on the Cornwall and Lawrence families, and materials on Reimann's service in the Civil War in Company H., 141st Regiment of New York State. |
| Biographical Note / History | Reimann was a German immigrant who settled in New York State. He fought during the American Civil War for the Union Army in General Sherman's regiment. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Places | Buffalo, New York City, New York, Washington, United States |
| Nationality | German; American |
| People | Reimann, Valentine; Reimann, Ludwick; Lincoln, Abraham |
| Keywords | indenture, apprenticeship, army, Union Army, American Civil War, citizenship, naturalisation, family, family history, death |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania catalogue. |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
