Series II contains the correspondence of John G. (JGB) and Anna Eliza "Widie" Barnard (AEB), as well as financial records and materials related to John's professional interests. The series also includes three letters written by Jane Elizabeth Brand Barnard, John G.'s first wife, dating from 1851 and 1853.
John G. and Anna Eliza corresponded frequently when they were apart. Their Civil War correspondence includes details about John G.'s experiences in the field, the internal politics of the Army, and contemporary political issues. It also discusses family issues, including the births and deaths of the couple's children, and the difficulties of having Confederate partisans as family members. John G. traveled extensively in Europe in 1860 and 1870, studying engineering; his letters to Anna Eliza during those years describe his studies, often with diagrams. The Barnard children wrote letters to John G. as soon as they were able to write. Their letters provide a firsthand glimpse at the interests and experiences of nineteenth century children. Other frequent correspondents include the couple's siblings; Yale mathematics professor Benjamin Peirce, publisher D. Van Nostrand, composer William Staunton, and the engineers W. P. Trowbridge and Henry Coppée.
Financial records include deeds and other property ownership records, wills and summaries of estates in trust, bank account books, and bills and receipts for everyday expenses. Correspondence related to financial management is grouped alongside other financial records in Series II. Frequent correspondents on financial matters include S. S. Robinson, who managed John G.'s interests in the Sacramento Valley Railroad Company; Ramsay McHenry and J. Howard McHenry, who managed property left to Anna Eliza in trust by her first husband; H. M. Trueheart and Co., who managed property owned by John G. and his heirs in Texas; Frederick B. Brand, who was responsible for John G.'s property in New Orleans; and the real estate manager Thomas Hill. While deeds and other records of property acquisition and transfer are stored separately, records of property maintenance, taxes, and disputes are stored alongside other financial records from the years in which they took place.
A small number of manuscript and professional items belonging to John G. Barnard are also included in Series II. However, the majority of his professional papers were separated from the collection and sold at auction in 2017, prior to the collection's arrival at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Letter to Sarah Gross Barnard, 1823
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Jane Elizabeth Brand Barnard correspondence, 1851, 1853
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JGB correspondence, 1854
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JGB correspondence, 1855 January-March
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JGB correspondence, 1855 April-June
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JGB correspondence, 1855 July-September
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JGB correspondence, 1855 October-December
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JGB correspondence, 1856 January-March
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JGB correspondence, 1856 April-June
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JGB correspondence, 1856 July-September
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JGB correspondence, 1856 October-December
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JGB correspondence, 1857 January-June
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JGB correspondence, 1857 July-December
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JGB correspondence, 1858 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1859 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1859 January-December
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Frederick B. Brand letter to Augustus Porter Barnard, 1859 August 9
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AEB correspondence, 1860 January-June
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AEB correspondence, 1860 July-December
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JGB correspondence, 1860 January-June
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JGB correspondence, 1860 July-December
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AEB correspondence, 1861 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1861 January-June
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Burton N. Harrison letter to JGB, 1861 April 5
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JGB correspondence, 1861 July-December
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AEB correspondence, 1862 January-April
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AEB correspondence, 1862 May
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AEB correspondence, 1862 June-August
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AEB correspondence, 1862 September-December
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JGB correspondence, 1862 January-June
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JGB correspondence, 1862 July-December
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AEB correspondence, 1863 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1863 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1864 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1864 January-March
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JGB correspondence, 1864 April-June
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JGB correspondence, 1864 July-September
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JGB correspondence, 1864 October-December
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JGB oversized correspondence, 1864 January 17, August 30, September 26
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AEB correspondence, 1865 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1865 January-June
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JGB correspondence, 1865 July-December
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AEB correspondence, 1866 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1866 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1867 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1867 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1868 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1868 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1870 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1870 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1871 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1871 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1872 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1872 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1873 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1873 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1874 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1874 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1875 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1875 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1876 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1876 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1877 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1877 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1878 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1878 January-December
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AEB correspondence, 1879 January-December
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JGB correspondence, 1879 January-December
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AEB correspondence, circa 1870s
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JGB correspondence, circa 1870s
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Calling cards, undated
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JGB baptism certificate, 1853 June 26
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"Estimate for bringing the water in through the present line of works, completing the tunnel through Telegraph Hill, but making no other tunnels or embankments except through Russian Hill", 1864
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List of maps of Confederate fortifications, circa 1865
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Abstract of the Minutes of the National Academy of Sciences (copy), 1865 January
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Mathematical problem sent to JGB by Frederick A. P. Barnard, circa 1870s
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Appleton's Railway Map of the United States and Canada, 1871
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"Problems of Rotary Motion Presented by the Gyroscope, the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Pendulum,", 1871 October
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List of Century Club civil engineers, 1872
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"Curves showing high and low water at South Pass, La. Light House,", 1875 August-October
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Note on the Greenwich Observation of 1836, 1876
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"Problems of Rotary Motion Presented by the Gyroscope, the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Pendulum," with new addendum and revised page 34, 1877
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"Strain on Arches" specification, 1877
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Notebook from a survey of sites for the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1878
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Notes on sites for the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1879
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Map of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, 1879
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"On the relation between the inclination made by Rodman's pressure gauge and the maximum pressure of the powder gases" manuscript, undated
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Recapitulation (calculations about concrete in a fort), undated
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JGB indexes by topic, undated
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Untitled partial manuscript by JGB, undated
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"Palm Sunday" tracts by J. B. Barnard, undated
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Religious tracts, undated
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List of papers found among Gen'l Barnard's records and transmitted by [unclear], perhaps, of value for preservation in the files of the War Department., undated, Stained, torn, and heavily faded document.
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Letters on financial issues, undated
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Auction receipt, circa 1850s
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JGB will, 1853 November 26
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Bills, 1857
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Receipts, 1860
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1861
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1862
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JGB oversized financial correspondence, 1862 February 27
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1863
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1864
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1865
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1866
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JGB Chatham Bank account book, 1866
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1867
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1868
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Bills, 1869
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1870
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1871
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AEB trust account statement, 1871 July 1
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1872
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1873
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1874
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Bills, 1875
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1876
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1877
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AEB trust account statement, 1877 January 1
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Bills and financial correspondence, 1878
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Financial correspondence, 1879
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Peoples Bank, 1879-1881
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JGB retirement pay, 1881
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Power of attorney, 1852 January 9
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Texas property, 1859, 1875-1913, 1961
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Texas property map, 1877
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Texas property map, 1901
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Sheffield, Massachusetts land deeds, circa 1870s
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Jefferson, Louisiana property, 1871
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Arkansas property deeds, 1846-1876
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Arkansas property, 1875-1876
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List of household items, undated