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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.36 |
From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
Title | Anna McSherry to Henry F. McSherry updating him on friends and family |
Date | 17 December 1864 |
Author | McSherry, Anna (b. 1833) |
Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Written by Anna to her brother Henry. Not signed, but handwriting matches previous signed letters by Anna. References receiving Henry's letter of 13 December. Updates him on friends and family and says she received a letter from their sister Eliza that described his trip to Baltimore. Says that "You say you expect the large ships will not have to stay as long, that the army and gunboats will finish." She knows he is in danger "but by the time you read this it will be over, safely I hope and trust." Sent some books to him, but will not send more until he tells her he got them. Some stains, probably from water. |
Subjects | Surgeon Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Woman Author Women's History |
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 |