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to daughter

M. E. Flitner writes to her daughter about how her trip is progressing, mentioning that she was supposed to leave for Richmond on Tuesday, but the weather is detaining her. Flitner goes on to write that she hopes to be with her daughter again soon...

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to daughter

Flitner writes a letter to his daughter in which he writes about a bad storm in Charleston that has delayed his ship and inquires about his daughters continued education.

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to daughter

M. E. Flitner writes a letter to her daughter in which she mentions that her husband was prevented from leaving port by a storm, the same storm that Z. Flitner himself talks about in his letter to his daughter GLC02669.86. Flitner also mentions a...

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to sister

J. Henry Flitner writes a letter to his sister describing the voyage of him and their father to Mobile Bay in Alabama. Flitner writes that for the first fifteen days of the voyage the weather was very bad and they were not able to reach their...

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to sister

J. Henry Flitner writes to his sister about being stuck with their father Z. Flitner, in Mobile Bay, Alabama with 50 or 60 other ships that were waiting to unload and sell their cargo. Flitner notes that while the weather has been poor, he is still...

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to sister

J. Henry Flitner writes to his sister about his time in port at Leghorn (Livorno), Italy. Flitner also writes extensively on the subject of the education of his sister and other siblings.

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to David Knapp and Clarissa Knapp

This document contains two letters written by David Scott Knapp. In his first letter, Knapp, a sailor on a privateer on blockade duty, writes to his father and mother, describing chasing a blockade runner which escaped them. Knapp's second letter is...

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1863 Diary

Henry Cook describes his life in camp, including his reading and other pasttimes, day trips into cities, soldiers' pay, food, and signal corps duty. He also writes of the movements of the signal corps and of his regiment (9th NJ Volunteers) in...

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April Blizzard Hits West

One wirephoto released by Associated Press datedApril 2, 1957. Shows two cars parked on the side of a road under trees. Everything is covered in snow. The press release in the photo says that it was the second spring blizzard in the last ten days in...

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[Collection of wire photographs, 1952-1963] [Decimalized .01 - .88]

76 wire photos with 8 larger wire photos, many with International News Photos handstamps and/or typed dated descriptions affixed on verso. Most dated 1952-1963.

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