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Sarah Ross Tribe Story
No full textSarah Ross is a member of the College of William & Mary class of 2012
Interview with Sarah Ross on Everyday Renaissances: The quest for cultural legitimacy in Venice, by Sarah Gwyneth Ross
No full textThe world of wealth and patronage that we associate with sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Italy can make the Renaissance seem the exclusive domain of artists and aristocrats. Revealing a Renaissance beyond Michelangelo and the Medici, Sarah Gwyneth Ross recovers the experiences of everyday men and women who were inspired to pursue literature and learning. Ross draws on a trove of original unpublished sources—wills, diaries, household inventories, account books, and other miscellany—to reconstruct the lives of over one hundred artisans, merchants, and others on the middle rung of Venetian society who embraced the ennobling virtues of a humanistic education. These men and women sought out the latest knowledge, amassed personal libraries, and passed both their books and their hard-earned wisdom on to their families and heirs. Physicians were often the most avid—and the most anxious—of professionals seeking cultural legitimacy. Ross examines the lives of three doctors: Nicolò Massa (1485-1569), Francesco Longo (1506-1576), and Alberto Rini (d. 1599). Though they had received university training, these self-made men of letters were not patricians but members of a social group that still yearned for credibility. Unlike priests or lawyers, physicians had not yet rid themselves of the taint of artisanal labor, and they were thus indicative of a middle class that sought to earn the respect of their peers and betters, protect and advance their families, and secure honorable remembrance after death.Title supplied by cataloger
Letter, S. H. Ross to Emmett Ross; 1/5/1865
Get PDFLetter, Sarah Howard Ross in Woodville, Mississippi, to her son, Emmett Ross, at Hazelwood. She is sending him, Mollie, and Elijah some shirts, socks, collars, and handkerchiefs. She tells him that she and Sissy were also able to get some clothes with money loaned by Aunt Mary Barton. She asks Mollie to send her a list of jewelry left behind, including some with locks of hair. She can\u27t buy hats for Emmett and Elijah without \u27\u27greenbacks or Louisiana money.\u27\u27 She tells him that Mr. Place is a secret agent for the Confederacy. 1865.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-ross-papers/1003/thumbnail.jp
Letter, S. H. Ross to James Ross; 10/3/1864
Get PDFLetter, Sarah Howard Ross in Woodville, Mississippi, to her husband, James Ross, in Clinton, Louisiana. She tells him that she is sending him two collars by Nathaniel Magruder. She asks if she can get Sissy a pair of shoes, explaining that their Confederate money is worthless in Woodville. She asks him if he gives his permission for Sissy to take music lessons paid for by Brother Howard. She tells him that Leo and Mollie are to be married in December, but not to mention it because it is a \u27\u27profound secret.\u27\u27 1864.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-ross-papers/1002/thumbnail.jp
Anthony W. Ross Civil War Letter Regarding Family Matters
No full textAnthony W. Ross wrote this letter to his wife Sarah while he was serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. Ross gives his wife advice on preparations for winter, and asks about schooling for their children. In response to his wife's questions about when he will be returning home, Ross responds, "if I live I will come the first chance that is offered." The four-page letter measures 5" x 8" (12.7 x 20.32 cm). Anthony W. Ross of Good Hope, Ohio enlisted in Company G. of the 73rd OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) on March 23, 1862. He was discharged when his term of service expired on March 24, 1865. His letters to his wife were written from Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee. The 73rd OVI saw action at the second battle of Bull Run, where it lost 150 men, in August 1862. After a few months near Washington, D.C., the regiment fought in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, where another 143 men were killed. In the fall of 1863 they moved south to fight at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge before joining General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Battle of Atlanta and on the infamous March to the Sea
Anthony W. Ross Civil War Letter Regarding Skirmishes in Georgia
No full textAnthony W. Ross wrote this letter to his wife Sarah while he was serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. Stationed near Kingston, Georgia, he writes about marching past the battlefield of Chickamauga, with "thousands of graves scatterd promiscuously over the ground." In September 1863, eight months before Ross passed through the area, Union and Confederate troops clashed in a three-day battle at Chickamauga. The result was a Confederate victory and more than 34,000 Confederate and Union casualties. Ross also writes about several skirmishes near Dalton and Cassville, Georgia. The four-page letter measures 7.5" x 9.75" (19.05 x 24.77 cm). Anthony W. Ross of Good Hope, Ohio enlisted in Company G. of the 73rd OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) on March 23, 1862. He was discharged when his term of service expired on March 24, 1865. His letters to his wife were written from Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee. The 73rd OVI saw action at the second battle of Bull Run, where it lost 150 men, in August 1862. After a few months near Washington, D.C., the regiment fought in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, where another 143 men were killed. In the fall of 1863 they moved south to fight at Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge before joining General William Tecumseh Sherman at the Battle of Atlanta and on the infamous March to the Sea
Letter, S. H. Ross to Emmett Ross; 8/22/1864
Get PDFLetter, Sarah Howard Ross at Piney Vale to her son, Emmett Ross, opening with a comment on his \u27\u27misfortune\u27\u27 and telling him of her recent bad health. She writes that Colonel Cook might accompany her to Brookhaven, mentioning the train schedule. A soldier named Hartwell was in Jackson on sick furlough. Willy Curtiss and Leo joined Cowan\u27s Battery (Company G of the 1st Mississippi Light Artillery). The legislature has passed a law that all men between sixteen and fifty-five must enlist. She asks him what command he will go back to, since there is \u27\u27no company left to go to.\u27\u27 1864.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-ross-papers/1000/thumbnail.jp
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