Letters from Oliver Wendell Holmes and S.F. Smith to Mrs. Lelia Roby Scrapbook, 1875 -1883

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Name/Title

Letters from Oliver Wendell Holmes and S.F. Smith to Mrs. Lelia Roby Scrapbook, 1875 -1883

Entry/Object ID

AM1982.1.60

Scope and Content

Scrapbook containing letters and picture to Mrs. Edward (Lelia) Roby of Chicago, 1875-1883. Mrs. Roby lived in Chicago. Letters were from Oliver Wendell Holmes and S.F. Smith (who wrote "My Country Tis of Thee), members of Abraham Lincoln G. A. R. S.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Scrapbook

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Album

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Memorabilia

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Scrapbooks, Civil wars

Search Terms

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Civil War, Music, Lincoln, Abraham, Grand Army of the Republic, Union Army

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Robert Todd Lincoln, John Henry Barrows, Sarah Eleanor Barrows, Ebenezer Alden

Person or Organization

Samuel Francis Smith

Person or Organization

Abraham Lincoln

Person or Organization

Sarah T. Bolton

Person or Organization

James McCartney

Notes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._McCartney

Person or Organization

Caroline LeRoy Webster

Person or Organization

Greene Smith

Person or Organization

Caroline Fairfield Corbin

Person or Organization

J.C. Power

Person or Organization

Samuel Appleton

Person or Organization

George R. Davis

Person or Organization

John A. Logan

Web Links and URLs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_T._Bolton, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175798581/lelia-priscilla-roby, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lelia_P._Roby

Research Notes

Person

Sara Wilson

Date

Jan 25, 2026

Notes

Sarah T. Bolton was a poet and women's rights advocate from Indianapolis.