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1866/8/8
Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?
to mother
He writes of the health of family members in the city, discusses repairs made to family property, and attended an organ concert at Henry Ward Beecher's church.
GLC04662.124
21 June 1864
to Louise Walbridge
A visit to the Petersburg lines, requests paintings done by Sarah and Louise, wonders why Lydia Walbridge still succumbs to "the humbug of spiritualism" after it has taken the lives of several of her children.
GLC04663.43
1862/11/31
Smith, David V.M., 1823-1863
to Elizabeth Smith and Charles C. Smith
The regiment was excused from guard duty on Thanksgiving to attend church and a dress parade. Smith urges Charles to learn to write and to study geography. "I now see the need of understanding the geography and the map and then I could tell when I...
GLC04189.19
1863
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Gerrit Smith on religion.
Published by Sinclair Tousey. Includes a letter to Dr. G. B. Cheever (possibly George Barrell Cheever), "Discourse in Peterboro... The Good See: The Bad are Blind," a letter to Henry Ward Beecher on Stonewall Jackson, and a "Funeral Discourse in...
GLC04717.08
14 February 1873
A letter from the Hon. Gerrit Smith, to the Cuban Anti-Slavery Committee, New York.
Smith writes, "As I view it, our Government should, long ago, have conceded belligerent rights to the Cubans struggling for freedom from the yoke of Spain and from the yoke of Slavery... The world is too far advanced in a rational civilization and in...
GLC04717.62
1863/11/15
Describes the camp of the 112th and a church sermon held there. Walbridge plans to open a sawmill on the Island.
GLC04662.048
1864/3/20
Upset over the death of Sarah's baby. He attended church service at General Seymour's house. He wants to go home and see his family.
GLC04662.063
April 1861
Osborn's Gallery
"Ruine der Kathedrale, No. 3."
Osborn stamp on verso. Ink inscription on verso: "Ruine der Kathedrale, No. 3." Ink inscription on recto: "Ruins of Cathedral." View of damaged cathedral and surrounding buildings.
GLC04509.08
[1861-1865]
Gurnsey, B.H.
Crosby, E.
Verso contains imprint of Gurnsey, ink signature of Crosby ("E. Crosby, Q.m Seargent"), and pencil inscription in another hand ("Squire E. Crosby, 18, Quartermaster Sgt., Co. M, 7 Iowa Cav., Enl. Chaplin, Native of Ohio"). Oval bust portrait in...
GLC04506.11
September 5, 1862
Hughes, Alfred, fl. 1862-1864
to Mary Hughes
Letter from his daughter Mary; weather; sermon by Rev. Dr. Baldwin (one of the political prisoners from Louisville); medical advice.
GLC02166.060
September 12, 1862
Spiritual lessons learned at Camp Chase; his son Tommy; advising her to see the dentist.
GLC02166.063
September 15, 1862
Piety among prisoners of war and lack thereof among political prisoners; conversation with Judge Foster (a fellow inmate).
GLC02166.065
September 16, 1862
Requesting newspapers; teaching the catechism to his children; arrival of prisoners taken at Martinsburg, Virginia.
GLC02166.067
September 17, 1862
Plans to observe a day of prayer and thanksgiving set aside by President Davis; Rev. Dr. Ford; wealthy gentlemen among the prisoners brought from Martinsburg; taking of thirty prisoners by one man.
GLC02166.069
September 19, 1862
Account of their day of prayer and thanksgiving; escapes and attempted escapes from Camp Chase.
GLC02166.071
September 22, 1862
Subtle change in prisoner conduct; politics in sermons.
GLC02166.073
June 22, 1862
"Revivals" by a Kentucky preacher; improved sleeping conditions.
GLC02166.005
October 5, 1862
The weather; discussion with Rev. Dr. Baldwin about the origin of the races; photographs of his children; low opinion of Judge [Thompson] for not writing or assisting them.
GLC02166.082
October 7, 1862
Reading her letters aloud to Rev. Dr. Baldwin ; Judge Thompson's deception.
GLC02166.084
October 10, 1862
Rev. Dr. Ford's discourse on 5th chapter of Matthew, dramatic increase in paroled prisoners.
GLC02166.086
October 12, 1862
Religious interpretation of premonitions; evening prayer service; false reports in the Wheeling Intelligencer.
GLC02166.087
October 19, 1862
Receipt of the Wheeling Intelligencer; Rev. Dr. Baldwin.
GLC02166.092
October 20, 1862
Rev. Dr. Baldwin's sermon; 12th chapter of Romans; his weight and measurements; advising his wife not to have contact with those who have taken the oath.
GLC02166.093
October 24, 1862
Replacing Judge Hitchcock with Samuel F. Galloway; new progress in examining cases and increase in released prisoners; future reunion with fellow prisoners; translations of the Lord's Prayer.
GLC02166.096
August 17, 1862
Lack of vegetation in prison; Fifty-first Psalm and other devotional texts; concerns about his family's health in his absence.
GLC02166.038
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