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- GLC#
- GLC07687.148-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 8, 1862
- Author/Creator
- Van Nuys, G.L., fl. 1862
- Title
- to Samuel Watson Van Nuys
- Place Written
- Hopewell, Indiana
- Pagination
- 6 p. : envelope Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Discusses the school in Hopewell, and whether or not it will be able to continue: "Mr. Shaw's pecuniary circumstances are such that it is doubtful." Mentions the meeting ofa philosophical society, and the formation of the Young Ladies Liceum [sic] of Hopewell Academy. Also describes a letter from another soldier that states, "[I]f the girls here will only give us some assurance that they will not marry until we get back then we will rest satisfied."
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