James W. Sligh papers
The first series covers the period 1842-1865 and largely concerns the activities of James W. Sligh, though there is also a mixture of his son's papers (James M. Sligh), particularly during the period of the Civil War. The files have been arranged into three subseries: correspondence, business receipts and related materials, and bound records, principally daybooks and account books, and Civil War diaries. The correspondence for the 1860s includes the letters written by James W. and James M. Sligh when they served with the 1st Michigan Engineers and Mechanics as well as scattered letters which were written by the following men: Sidney Abbot, Charles Cudney, Edson Gifford, Enos Hopkins, William Innes, David Jewell, Don Lighthall, John McGrath, Clement Miller, William Nevins, George Walker, Walder Warner, Albert Wells, and George White.