Scope and Contents Eighty-one documents from the Mead and Chandler family. The majority of the documents are handwritten letters, but there are also postmarked envelopes, indentures, payment records, marriage certificates, telegraphs, envelopes, poetry, photographs, and newspaper clippings spanning from 1824-1968. The majority of the documents pertain to the Civil War, however, the California Gold Rush and World War I are also mentioned. The letters date from 1824-1871, involving the Chandler and Mead family,...