Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of transcriptions of 43 letters from William Randolph Hackley to his wife, Matilda, and family in Illinois written from November 22, 1863 to April 20, 1866. During this time, he worked as a local special agent and cotton agent with the United States Department of the Treasury in West Tennessee and Mississippi. The correspondence describes Hackley's efforts to make money to send home to his family, the low salary paid to treasury employees, the corrupt nature of the...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of transcriptions of 43 letters from William Randolph Hackley to his wife, Matilda, and family in Illinois written from November 22, 1863 to April 20, 1866. During this time, he worked as a local special agent and cotton agent with the United States Department of the Treasury in West Tennessee and Mississippi. The correspondence describes Hackley's efforts to make money to send home to his family, the low salary paid to treasury employees, the corrupt nature of the...