Hall, J W., fl. 1812 to his parents

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GLC#
GLC01450.719.01-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 18, 1812
Author/Creator
Hall, J W., fl. 1812
Title
to his parents
Place Written
Middlebury, Vermont
Pagination
4 p. : address : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Hall writes about finding work for $15 per month and staying with two professors of religion, possibly at Middlebury College. Asks to be sent clothes and several other things and seeks news, mostly regarding farming related activities. Comments on the dragoons and artillery passing through during the War of 1812. Notes that he "saw the Artillery and spoke with many of them they Looke some fatigued but all hearty & ruged." Continues the letter on October 20, 1812 and reports that staying with Mr. Hubbard was a presbyterian priest who had been "in Ogdensburg when the Cannonading took place from the British." Describes the attack. A note on page four sends word to his uncle that "no coopering is wanted in this place." His father's name was James Hall.

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