- GLC#
- GLC03523.10.146-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 4, 1864
- Author/Creator
- Cherry, Lydia, fl. 1864
- Title
- to Joseph M. Maitland
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 24.9 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Addresses the letter "Dear Cousin Jo's." Reports there are a few cases of small pox in the neighborhood. Replies to his inquiry about Bell, "I think she is a real good girl and knows how to do any kind of work, she will make a good wife..." Reports she expects to get married next May and wants him to attend the wedding, even if he needs to get a furlough. Letter is signed "Cousin Lydia." The last name of Cherry is assumed based on other cousins' last name, but not confirmed.
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