Scope and Content Note The original archival collection at Columbia University contains materials of Colonel Peter Wellington Alexander, 1825-1886. The collection totals 30 linear ft. (ca. 7,500 items in 18 boxes and ca.1275 newspapers). It contains Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and newspapers. These include over four hundred letters to Alexander, as well as miscellaneous letters and telegrams; some of his manuscripts and notes; business records of his law firm; military documents of the western...