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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.50 |
From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
Title | Anna McSherry to Henry F. McSherry regarding his ship being assigned to the East India Squadron |
Date | 24 December 1865 |
Author | McSherry, Anna (b. 1833) |
Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Written by Anna to her brother Henry. Says he has not heard from him in some time. Last letter from Henry was dated from Singapore. Mentions that their father wants him to withdraw his resignation. Is worried about him. Makes reference to friends and family members. Says she is going to the opera. Page 4 is dated from 27 December and then 31 December. Says she heard his ship, the USS "Wyoming" will be assigned to the East India Squadron and fears he won't be home for quite some time. Further updates on family and friends. Tells him the nuns have a new convent about 2 miles from Wheeling, West Virginia. Unsigned letter, creator inferred from content. |
Subjects | Surgeon Woman Author Women's History Asia Navy Military History Children and Family Art, Music, Theater, and Film Religion |
People | McSherry, Anna (b. 1833) McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) |
Place written | s.l. |
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 |