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Stark, Lydia, fl. 1862-1864 to her brother

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.42.36 Author/Creator: Stark, Lydia, fl. 1862-1864 Place Written: Baldwinsville, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 27, 1863 - January 10, 1864 Pagination: 6 p. : Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 26.1 cm Order a Copy

Written and signed by his sister Lydia. Thinks that there are angels watching her children. Writes that Henry has gone to see his Aunt Phebe. She remembers the first time she held him, a few hours after he had been born. Writes of the many memories she has of him as a little boy. She has memories in her dreams of her brothers and sisters as children. States that she has heard rumors that he is engaged to a woman named Mary Cable [?] but she is unsure if that is her name. She tells her brother that she has written a letter to Mary but it was returned because there was no such P.O. in Illinois. She is happy for the affection that the family shows to him and he returns to them. Writes that she has raised 150 dollars. Writes about the "patriotic" party she attended in Syracuse, New York. She was very interested in the captured Confederate battle flags.

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