I'd be grateful to receive copies of the letters. My gr gr gr grandfather was Benjamin Franklin Washburn who died in NC. I descended from Elizabeth Ray Washburn, Ben's dau by Delphia,his first wife. While this isn't the same Ben Washburn most likely, your Ben very probably is one of my Ben's descendants or relatives. My Ben died in 1863. I'll happily reimiurse you for any charges. Thanks, R. J. Taylor ([email protected]), 3612 Oak Haven Dr., Fr. Worth, TX, 76119-7245.