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to Mary Hughes
August 27, 1862
Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864
Joy at receiving two of her letters; urging her to have patience.
GLC02166.050
August 28, 1862
Affectionate sentiments to his wife; advising her to take Belladonna for her ailments.
GLC02166.051
to Alfred Hughes
August 29, 1862
Grammer, J.E., fl. 1862
Advising him to write to Mssrs. Randall and Astin.
GLC02166.052
Issues at home; opinions about Mr. G___ [fellow inmate who took the oath in items #35-37] and his family.
GLC02166.053
August 30, 1862
Mail between Cincinnati, Columbus, and Wheeling; misinformation regarding page limits on outgoing letters; Eliza's use of the word "nervous."
GLC02166.054
August 31, 1862
Hopes for release or parole; appointment of Judge Hitchcock to investigate cases of political prisoners at Camp Chase; Gen. Halleck's orders indicating release is inevitable; offers medical advice for her various ailments.
GLC02166.055
September 1, 1862
More medical advice; adjusting to conditions in the Prison No. 2; propagation of secessionism in the prison.
GLC02166.056
September 2, 1862
Daily devotions; sensing his wife is unwell before she has told him; more medical advice.
GLC02166.057
September 3, 1862
Cautioning her against developing a "nervous" condition; self-preservation; arrival of political prisoners from Louisville.
GLC02166.058
September 4, 1862
Criticism of the war; sentimental thoughts about his children.
GLC02166.059
September 5, 1862
Letter from his daughter Mary; weather; sermon by Rev. Dr. Baldwin (one of the political prisoners from Louisville); medical advice.
GLC02166.060
September 6, 1862
Mail distribution; reaction to censorship by Prison Postmaster Tiffany; her eating habits; departure of POW's for exchange. With an autograph note signed by Tiffany on verso denying having mutilated Hughes' letter.
GLC02166.061
September 12, 1862
Spiritual lessons learned at Camp Chase; his son Tommy; advising her to see the dentist.
GLC02166.063
September 14, 1862
Darning and mending; prescriptions for headache and sore throat trouble; dental work.
GLC02166.064
September 15, 1862
Piety among prisoners of war and lack thereof among political prisoners; conversation with Judge Foster (a fellow inmate).
GLC02166.065
Boggs, W.W., fl. 1862
Forwarding personal effects so as not to let the "Yanks" get them.
GLC02166.066
September 16, 1862
Requesting newspapers; teaching the catechism to his children; arrival of prisoners taken at Martinsburg, Virginia.
GLC02166.067
Hughes, Mary, fl. 1862
Behavior of their son Tommy and news of the other children; making clothes for her husband; her health.
GLC02166.068
September 17, 1862
Plans to observe a day of prayer and thanksgiving set aside by President Davis; Rev. Dr. Ford; wealthy gentlemen among the prisoners brought from Martinsburg; taking of thirty prisoners by one man.
GLC02166.069
September 18, 1862
Child-rearing advice; thanking her for her efforts at home; requesting socks; enclosing two newspaper clippings about escapes from Camp Chase.
GLC02166.070
September 19, 1862
Account of their day of prayer and thanksgiving; escapes and attempted escapes from Camp Chase.
GLC02166.071
to: Major General Franz Sigel, Rolla, [Missouri]
1861/12/26
Halleck, H.W. (Henry Wager), 1815-1872
"You can grant it on surgeon's certificate, not otherwise."
GLC05601.004
to: Brigadier General [Samuel R.] Curtis, Rolla.
1862/01/07
"I have seen your requisition for lumber for a hospital. Not approved. There are three hundred vacant beds here - send all sick for whom you have no hospital room to this City. Notify Medical Director."
GLC05601.018
to Aaron Hobart
February 15, 1818
Wilson, John, 1777-1848
Discusses his wife's poor health and indicates he enclosing a letter from Dr. Abbott (see GLC06313.060). Indicates that there is no significant news from Congress.
GLC06313.04.059
to John Wilson
January 29, 1818
Abbot, H., fl. 1818
Dr. Abbot gives an account of Mrs. Wilson's health, indicating that he believes she will live until Mr. Wilson returns from Washington, D.C at the end of the congressional session. This letter was originally sent to the Massachusetts congressman...
GLC06313.04.060
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