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to Mary Hughes

Issues at home; opinions about Mr. G___ [fellow inmate who took the oath in items #35-37] and his family.

GLC02166.053

to Mary Hughes

Mail between Cincinnati, Columbus, and Wheeling; misinformation regarding page limits on outgoing letters; Eliza's use of the word "nervous."

GLC02166.054

to Mary Hughes

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

to Mary Hughes

More medical advice; adjusting to conditions in the Prison No. 2; propagation of secessionism in the prison.

GLC02166.056

to Mary Hughes

Daily devotions; sensing his wife is unwell before she has told him; more medical advice.

GLC02166.057

to Mary Hughes

Cautioning her against developing a "nervous" condition; self-preservation; arrival of political prisoners from Louisville.

GLC02166.058

to Mary Hughes

Criticism of the war; sentimental thoughts about his children.

GLC02166.059

to Mary Hughes

Letter from his daughter Mary; weather; sermon by Rev. Dr. Baldwin (one of the political prisoners from Louisville); medical advice.

GLC02166.060

to Mary Hughes

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

to Mary Hughes

Spiritual lessons learned at Camp Chase; his son Tommy; advising her to see the dentist.

GLC02166.063

to Mary Hughes

Darning and mending; prescriptions for headache and sore throat trouble; dental work.

GLC02166.064

to Mary Hughes

Piety among prisoners of war and lack thereof among political prisoners; conversation with Judge Foster (a fellow inmate).

GLC02166.065

to Alfred Hughes

Forwarding personal effects so as not to let the "Yanks" get them.

GLC02166.066

to Mary Hughes

Requesting newspapers; teaching the catechism to his children; arrival of prisoners taken at Martinsburg, Virginia.

GLC02166.067

to Alfred Hughes

Behavior of their son Tommy and news of the other children; making clothes for her husband; her health.

GLC02166.068

to Mary Hughes

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

to Mary Hughes

Child-rearing advice; thanking her for her efforts at home; requesting socks; enclosing two newspaper clippings about escapes from Camp Chase.

GLC02166.070

to Mary Hughes

Account of their day of prayer and thanksgiving; escapes and attempted escapes from Camp Chase.

GLC02166.071

Pin

"Officers Duck Pin Tournament, 1930, 57th Infantry, Capt. J.H. Hilldring, Member."

GLC06196.110

Pin

Pin: "28th National Convention American Legion, San Francisco."

GLC06196.111

Pin

Pin: "Rock of the Marne 38th US Infantry/Veterans of Foreign Wars."

GLC06196.112

Hat & Pin

War Department general staff hat insignia with eagle and shield. Also includes pin.

GLC06196.114

[WWI Victory Medal]

WWI Victory Medal inscribed with names of participating nations.

GLC06196.115

Sunglasses

Military issue sunglasses with green steel case.

GLC06196.116

Cloth case

Cloth case, probably for steel eyeglass case.

GLC06196.117