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1 May 1864
Belden, Josephine S., fl. 1862-1864
to Libby Kessler
Writes to her friend. Discusses traveling to Mishawaka, Indiana. Writes of the townspeople. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner.
GLC03523.52.53
5 July 1864
Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868
to Elizabeth N. Kessler
Writes to his sister. Complains about having to wash his clothes in cold water. Comments he does not care how he looks or what he wears; however, she would find him dirty and ragged. Describes being sick with a bad case of dysentery. Notes he has...
GLC03523.52.58
22 September 1864
Wirt, John, fl. 1864
to Bill Kessler
Writes to his cousin. Provides direction to California. Explains he cannot join him because of his job. Complains about his new stepmother. Writes, "thare never was a bigger fool than my father when he married that girl whenever thare is any work...
GLC03523.52.66
5 October 1864
Wirt, Matilda, fl. 1864
to Cyrus Wirt
Writes to her brother and sister. Informs them that Elles, their brother, has volunteered for the service. Requests they come down and visit before he leaves. Asks them to send two gallons of molasses down with whoever comes. Discusses the cold...
GLC03523.52.69
11 April 1831
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
to Harriet Buchanan
The only U.S. president who never married, to his sister Harriet: "When you have determined (as I trust you will not) never to marry I shall cheerfully provide you a comfortable home. It would afford me great pleasure & promote my own comfort &...
GLC09367
21 February 1865
Owen, John, fl. 1865
to James
Captain of 36th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, mentions the locations of fellow Harvard alums, including "[Robert Todd] Lincoln in the army," and the health of those released from POW camps. He announces the news that "at this moment [received from]...
GLC09371
16 November 1846
Brown, Neill, fl. 1846
to a cousin
[Slavery] From Cleveland, Ohio to a cousin in North Carolina: "I am here surrounded by abolitionists, yea in the very hot bed of this class of people.… Three weeks since there was a negroe woman who said she was a fugitive slave from Mississippi, got...
GLC09373
22 August 1871
to her cousin
Alabama woman writes to her cousin in Michigan about family news and her mother's illness, and how life has changed since Emancipation: "It does not seem possible that I could go through the same amount of labor and endure the anxiety and suspense of...
GLC09375
4 January 1862
Holly, William H., ?-1864
to Mary Ann Davis
Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Talks of mutual acquaintances, (including a death, one in an "insane retreat" and one who goes down town and returns "pretty tight"), Christmas (when he hears a sermon by an African missionary on "what shall be done...
GLC02165.01
23 February 1862
Written at Camp Lyon to a friend. Laments camp accommodations ("you are at Church listening to a good sermon while I am seated on a wash basin and writing on a Camp Kettle") and not being able to spend "the last Sunday in Brookfield that perhaps I...
GLC02165.03
circa October 1945
Goldberg, Mildred, 1923-2008
Personal recollections of Mildred Goldberg, secretary to the theoretical group, SAM Laboratories, The Manhattan Project; 1943-1946
Goldberg, a secretary working in the Substitute or Special Alloy Metals (S.A.M.) Laboratory at Columbia University, recalls the people and events that were part of her work experience. Mentions various scientists and other colleagues at the...
GLC03152.01
28 August 1863 - 29 August 1863
Fuller, Franklin W., fl. 1861-1865
to Mary
Written at camp near Stephenson, Alabama. They again have marching orders and are liable to leave at any time. Writes that he has received some of the items Low's family had sent him. The boots and socks were most appreciated. He is very thankful for...
GLC03523.42.29
5 September 1863
Written at camp in Wills Valley, Alabama. He thanks her for remembering him in his "soldier life" and for writing him as much as she can. Explains that her letters arrive every four or five days while his take as long as two weeks to be delivered...
GLC03523.42.30
6 September 1863
Murdoch, Ella, fl. 1863
Written to him by his cousin Ella Murdoch. She writes that everyone at home is doing well. She does not have any news to report to him. She thinks it must be a hard life being a soldier. Write that she has not heard from Uncle Jason or Owen for some...
GLC03523.42.31
27 September 1863
Stark, Lydia, fl. 1862-1864
to her brother
Signed by Lydia. She has read in the newspaper of the terrible battle [Battle of Chickamauga] that he was involved in. She is very worried about him and asks if he is safe and hopes that he is alright. Asks that he write to her immediately to let her...
GLC03523.42.32
December 17, 1863
Writes that her letter was the first he received in four weeks since the regiment left here for Knoxville, Tennessee. He was upset that he was unable to write her as he knew she had written him. Most of the mail had gone to the regiment and the mail...
GLC03523.42.35
27 Decemeber 1863 - 10 January 1864
Written and signed by his sister Lydia. Thinks that there are angels watching her children. Writes that Henry has gone to see his Aunt Phebe. She remembers the first time she held him, a few hours after he had been born. Writes of the many memories...
GLC03523.42.36
12 February 1864
Flower, May, fl. 1864
to her uncle
Written at Penfield by May Flower. States that her mother will not let her write because she does not write well enough yet. Asks if he has to "work" on Sunday. Writes that her mother has told her about his childhood. Tells him that sometimes her...
GLC03523.42.37
1861-1865
Sends her two small knitted "presents" as a small token of his love for her. They are also for all of the wonderful things she has done for him while he as been away. Asks her to wear them and to think of him when she does. Enclosed are two small...
GLC03523.42.39
1 March 1864
Letter is signed by his sister Lydia. Writes that they have had a very unpleasant winter. The roads were so muddy that they were nearly impassable and her family remained at home for most of the winter. The weather changed so suddenly and frequently...
GLC03523.42.40
4 April 1864
Hogeland, Sally W., fl. 1861-1865
Written at Granby, with no state listed. She apologizes for not having written in so long. Writes that she has received his photograph. Tells him that he no longer looks like a boy but like a man. She is surprised at how many years have passed...
GLC03523.42.42
24 April 1864
Writes about the nice weather they are having and that the children are outside playing in the back yard while her husband plays the violin. Gives him a detailed description of her home. Draws a small floor plan of the house. She has been busy...
GLC03523.42.44
10 May 1864
Written by his cousin Mary. She is very glad to hear from him. She apologizes for not having mailed a long letter she had written for him, she found it in her desk sealed. She hopes and prays that he will return home safely. She will write him a long...
GLC03523.42.45
25 May 1864
Signed by Sarah Le Van Valkenburgh [?]. Written at Council Bluffs, Iowa [?]. Writes that they are camping with some of the "local folks" and their children are playing as the author writes. The weather has been very dry since they have been on the...
GLC03523.42.46
12 June 1864
Written by his sister Laura. Writes how much she misses him and about the last time he spent the summer at her house. She prays that he is safe and that he will survive the war. Lousia is very happy that Henry has returned and she hopes that the two...
GLC03523.42.47
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