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1Title:  Marilla Wells Leggett Papers     
 Creator:  Leggett, Marilla Wells 
 Dates:  1848-1876 
 Abstract:  Marilla Wells Leggett (1823-1876) was the wife of Mortimer Dormer Leggett, of Montville and Zanesville, Ohio. He commanded the 78th Ohio Volunteer Militia during the American Civil War, served as United States Commissioner of Patents (1871-1874), and practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of eighteen diaries and miscellaneous papers. There are lengthy entries concerning trips to Mississippi (1862 and 1863-1864) and Morgan's Raiders in Ohio (1863). 
 Call #:  MS 3672 
 Extent:  0.40 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Leggett, Marilla Wells, 1823-1876. | Women -- Ohio -- Diaries. | Officers' wives -- Ohio. | Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863. | Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources. | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
 
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