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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.52 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | Anna McSherry to Henry F. McSherry regarding interference with his resignation from the Navy |
| Date | 15 March 1866 |
| Author | McSherry, Anna (b. 1833) |
| Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Anna to her brother Henry. Says she is sorry she sent her last letter, which reported that Henry's resignation was accepted and that another surgeon was being sent to replace him. Says it is not true. Says Admirals Lee and De Clymer both intervened in Washington to keep the resignation from going through. Wonders where he is and says "how I would like that wonderful trunk of the Danish storyteller Anderson to carry me to China and in ... the Wyoming." Says their father is still anxious about his resignation and that he would "just [be] throwing away what is most valuable, a high position and a comfortable living." Seems like Henry wants to go into business in New York or London, but Anna says she heard that "people [there] call cheating each other attending to business!" Also says their brother thinks a financial crisis is inevitable. Predicts that "the ruin of the merchant always brings loss and even worse to country people." Creator inferred from content. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Woman Author Women's History Navy Military History Children and Family Government and Civics Literature and Language Arts Asia Travel Finance Corruption and Scandal Commerce Merchants and Trade Economics Forgery and Fraud |
| People | McSherry, Anna (b. 1833) McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) |
| Place written | Martinsburg, West Virginia |
| Theme | 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 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |