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Sherwood, C.M., fl. 1882 Brother, Sister, & Children

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01013.31 Author/Creator: Sherwood, C.M., fl. 1882 Place Written: Woodstock, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1882 Pagination: 10 p. ; 17.1 x 11.4 cm. Order a Copy

Written from Woodstock, in Champaign County, Ohio. First two pages consist of a letter addressed to "Brother, Sister, & Children" and signed by "C.M." Includes two "verses," one poem called "the names of A Family in ryme," and the other called "In memory of loved ones." Dated February 18-April 1882.

Sherwood, C.M., fl. 1882

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