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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.51 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | Anna McSherry to Henry F. McSherry regarding high prices and with news of family and friends |
| Date | 27 February 1866 |
| Author | McSherry, Anna (b. 1833) |
| Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Anna to her brother Henry. Makes reference to the resignation and their father's disapproval again. Says she left Baltimore yesterday and has been ill since January and is taking cod liver oil. Mentions that the price of corn is 60 cents/bushel. Says the old town (probably Martinsburg) looks as usual and that "the railroad is its life." Claims that "Prices are high here, marketing and everything so the country people ought to have some money. Pa has rented the home next door for 250 dollars. the brick house ... for 375 and the small house ... for 75 dollars." Most of the letter deals with family and friends. Some tears and slight text lose. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Woman Author Women's History Navy Military History Children and Family Drugs Health and Medical Diet and Nutrition Finance Merchants and Trade Commerce Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Railroad Landlord and Tenant |
| People | McSherry, Anna (b. 1833) McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| 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 |