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Collection Reference Number GLC03523.10.004
From Archive Folder Collection of Joseph M. Maitland 
Title Elhanan M. Mast to Joseph M. Maitland reporting on the health of his students and a letter he has received from his father
Date 13 August 1853
Author Mast, Elhanan M. (fl. 1837-1865)  
Recipient Maitland, Joseph M.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes from Ohio Wesleyan University to his "Respected Nephew," reporting that a few of his students are sick, but things are well overall. Details that he has received a letter from his father as well as "Brother Joshua's paper." Describes playing ball and taking a walk by a spring with some of his students. Asks that he give his "best respects" to [Grier], possibly Joseph's brother William Grier Maitland.
Subjects Education  Health and Medical  Children and Family  Sports and Games  
People Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918)  Mast, Elhanan M. (fl. 1837-1865)  
Place written Ohio
Theme Education; Children & Family
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Joseph Maitland enlisted on 8 August 1862 as a Private. He was mustered into "G" Co. OH 95th Infantry. He was mustered out 31 May 1865 at Memphis, Tennessee.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945