- GLC#
- GLC03523.10.159-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 12, 1865
- Author/Creator
- Taylor, Simeon, 1839-?
- Title
- to Joseph M. Maitland
- Place Written
- Westerville, Ohio
- Pagination
- 4 p. : envelope Height: 19.4 cm, Width: 23.6 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Addresses letter "Dear Friend," and asks forgiveness for his delay in writing. Informs he "...got a representative in the army to carry a musket in my place..." Says the township still needs twelve men for the draft and "...they are generally offering about four-hundred dollars local bounty for one year." Comments the papers are filled with peace rumors, but he is not optimistic.
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