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1861-1877
Unknown
Sketch of family ransacking a chest of drawers
Other side features anecdote about sketch.
GLC08284.099
26 June 1863
Wait, Horatio L. (fl. 1860-)
to my darling wife
They are patiently awaiting orders. He includes a sketch of a ship.
GLC08284.104
9 March 1865
Wait, James (fl. 1879-)
to Father (Horatio Wait)
He trying to decide whether or not a life at sea is for him. He describes the food. He visits a ship called the Three Brothers and sketches part of it in the margin. He tells the story of a horse going overboard.
GLC08284.112
21 October 1866
to ma cherie Marie
He thinks France is the greatest nation in the world next to the USA. He wishes whole heartedly that she could be with him. He sings the praises of Paris, including the architecture and the art.
GLC08284.118
U.S.S. Frolic
Tender to Flagship. European Squadron
GLC08284.165
A Ship on the high seas
GLC08284.166
1860-1865 circa
Whistler, Simon Mower
Sketches From My Diary The Hospital Transport Service In The Civil War
There are 21 chapters of this manuscript.
GLC08362.01
Watercolor of Medical Ship The Connecticut
GLC08362.02
1882-1886 circa
[Medical Journal of Simon Mower Whistler]
GLC08362.03
9 August 1862- 14 May 1863
[Diary of Simon Mower Whistler]
GLC08362.04
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