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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08113.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Slocum |
| Title | Letter from William T. Sherman to Mrs. Henry Slocum thanking her for the flowers sent on his birthday |
| Date | 9 February 1889 |
| Author | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Recipient | Slocum, Mrs. Henry |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Thanking her for flowers sent on his 69th birthday: "If I can worry through another year...Time with his scythe... may make a deep swath, but cannot cheat me of seventy years on this insignificant globe with a fair measure of life's pleasures and cares and responsibilities." |
| Subjects | Union General Gift Holidays and Celebrations Women's History |
| People | Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) |
| Place written | New York |
| Theme | Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |