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1790
Sullivan, James, 1744-1808
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List of questions for Henry Knox, regarding financial business. Date previously inferred, written in pencil.
GLC02437.09946
8 August 1861
Wilkinson, Frederick W., fl. 1861-1863
to Amanda Wilkinson
Sends Dr. Fuller to his wife to explain to her what occurred at the Battle of Bull Run. Explains that Dr. Fuller is a good friend and she should ask him any questions she has. Writes that he has been in the hospital for a day or so. Tells his wife...
GLC03523.13.009
13 August 1861
Tells his wife that he is continually thinking of her, and that the thought of being with her again gives him courage. A young man whom his wife had written about in one of her letters was killed from a shot to the head in the 1st Michigan Infantry...
GLC03523.13.010
1 August 1861
Tells his wife that his sister, Wink, wrote to him that she had heard some incorrect things about his regiment's casualties. He reports that they had "very few wounded." He also reports that he was in the hardest part of the battle. States that the...
GLC03523.13.011
4 September 1861
He is sorry to hear that his wife is unhappy. From the letter it appears that Amanda and Frederick's mother do not get along. Notes that there is a rebel battery not far from his position and he can see 200 or 300 soldiers there. States that there...
GLC03523.13.012
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