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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.29 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | Alice McSherry to Henry F. McSherry regarding marriage |
| Date | 17 August 1864 |
| Author | McSherry, Alice (fl. 1864-1865) |
| Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Alice (her last name could not be determined, but could be McSherry) to her cousin Henry. Laments not being able to see him. In talking about the marriage of an acquaintance says she thinks wisdom is one of the greatest attributes of age, but that men who marry women much younger than themselves must know "that there can never be any congeniality when such disparities exist." Says that women only join with those men for position, money, or a home for herself. Claims she is turning into a country girl, learning how to feed the chickens, etc. Written from Hillside, but no state could be ascertained. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Woman Author Women's History Marriage Children and Family Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) |
| Place written | Hillside |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Sister |