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to Thomas McParlin

Indicates that he is sending McParlin a list of medical officers (not included) the Secretary of War has recently breveted for their work combating cholera and requests a list of officers who "particularly distinguished themselves in this line of...

GLC02649.33

to Mary Aiken

Writes as first lady to her sister about her attempts to socialize. Mentions that she saw Mrs. Jefferson Davis who is nervous about her husband being in Tennessee because there is a cholera epidemic in New Orleans and along the river. On black...

GLC03177

to Johnston Livingston re: news that the city is rid of cholera

Written by a cousin of Johnston Livingston.

GLC03107.04094

to Johnston Livingston re: advice regarding a romantic interest

Johnston's cousin advises him to write a letter to a girl he is in love with. She also derides an aquaintance of theirs as a "Yankee," and states that she is on her way to the Liberty Pole. With ALS to Johnston from "E.E.G." on p.2. The letter...

GLC03107.04099

to Gilbert Livingston re: arrangements to sell the family mansion

J[ohn] discusses plans to privately sell the family mansion, and also mentions that a contagious fever has emerged in New York.

GLC03107.04364