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Charles D. Fredricks & Co., fl. 1865
Lincoln, Abraham.
With gold border; Fredricks imprint on verso. Vignette bust portrait. White mount
GLC06391.40
J. Byerly & Son
[Unidentified]
With gold border; Bylerly imprint on verso. Oval seated half length portrait of an old woman. White mount
GLC06391.41
Whipple, Amiel W., 1816-1863
Shaw, [?].
With Whipple imprint on verso. Ink inscription on recto: "Col. Shaw, 54th Masstts Regt." Half length seated portrait in uniform. White mount.
GLC06391.42
Carte de visite of B.F. Butler
With gold border; Fredricks imprint on verso. Half length seated portrait of an older man in civilian dress. White mount.
GLC06391.43
Charles Taber & Co., fl. 1861-1865
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria.
With Taber imprint and identification printed on verso. Vignette bust portrait. Photograph from engraving. White mount.
GLC06391.44
Anthony, Edward, 1819-1888
From a negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. Anthony imprint on verso. Half length seated portrait of a middle aged man. White mount with gold border.
GLC06391.45
Carte de visite of [Ambrose Burnside]
Bust portrait. Photograph from engraving.
GLC06391.46
1861/02/21
Morris, Charles F., fl. 1861-1862
to: "Dear Brother."
Charles wishes his brother would write more as he barely gets two letters per month and asks his brother to thank their mother for the box she sent him. Written at Camp Pierpont
GLC06451.001
1861/08/31
to: George M. Morris.
Charles received Elizabeth's letter and was glad to hear from George. He would like to know if Jesse is in camp.
GLC06451.002
1861/09/20
Charles reports that a boy in his regiment was killed while on picket by an officer of his own company. His general had told the men they will be home by New Years but he does not believe it.
GLC06451.003
1861/10/06
There was a fight and the men had to march 6 miles only to "drill quick" back to cross the "Chane Bridge." He tells his mother and brother that he is going to enlist for 15 years if they approve "for I like to sold[i]er."
GLC06451.004
1861/10/10
to: Susannah L. Morris
Charles is enjoying himself, stating "I hafe [have] a grate [great] [deal] of fune [fun] hear [here] and I hop [hope] you hafe [have] as much at home." He hopes that Susannah is still good friends with William and that George and Mage "will not fall...
GLC06451.005
1861/10/15
Charles is expecting "a bat[t]le hear [here] soon and I do not care how soon fore I would like to fight." Written at Camp Pierpont.
GLC06451.006
1861/10/27
[in another hand] Charles seems content declaring "I have a fine time here." He is cooking for the company and they only drill for an hour a day now. He promises to send Elizabeth and his mother his likeness. George has told him that there are no...
GLC06451.007
1862/01/26
Charles received and appreciated the box his brother sent to him. Written at Camp Pierpont.
GLC06451.008
1862/08/08
to: "Dear brother."
Charles was not hurt but his hat was blown off and his gun knocked out of his hand in battle. The fight was hard and he hopes there won't be another like it soon.
GLC06451.010
to: brother.
Charles is unsure whether he will make it home this winter. He describes the meals the soldiers are served.
GLC06451.011
to: John Morris.
There was a fight and they were close enough to see the Confederates but they were unable to kill any of them.
GLC06451.012
Morris Family
to unknown
List of names with numeric notations written after each. [with Charles Morris' papers]
GLC06451.013
1862/02/09
Morris, George, fl. 1862
to: Wilmor W. Morris.
George tells Wilmor that he saw Tilley Wilson and Jones Stuart who "is s[u]ch a devel of a fool and it is good fun to watch him." George would like to know "if Matt Mitchel [got an] honorable discharge" as he so claims.
GLC06451.014
1862/10/31
George reports that their father is getting better and promises to write Joseph very soon. He sends word to Joseph that "his purty girl Miss E. Talor had a litt[l]e one by old Hicky."
GLC06451.015
1862/06/06
Morris, Jesse M., fl. 1862
Jesse was wounded in the shoulder in the last battle. The steamer is headed for New York and then Pennsylvania but he will try to get a furlough to come home if his shoulder does not heal.
GLC06451.016
7 January 1777
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Lucy Knox
Asks if she has received his previous letter (GLC02437.00511). Details the fighting from 2 January onward. Discusses the American retreat from Trenton, for which the artillery provided cover, Washington's decision to next attack Princeton where...
GLC02437.00514
1861/12/16
Morris, John, fl. 1861-1862
re: John tells his son that the cows "have not done well this season." He asks Wilmor to find out about Charles' debts as "he may want some [money] when he comes home if God spares him." [separate letter on same leaf] George M. Morris. ALS: [s.l.]...
GLC06451.021
1862/02/17
Morris, Joseph W., fl. 1862-1863
Joseph had not heard from Wilmor in over a month. Many people in the neighborhood have been getting married, though no one in his family has, and he imagines that "God's command to Noah 'to be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth' is about...
GLC06451.025
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