Frank T. McIntire to Bill Mayberry about his ship taking prizes and the money it brings him - American History 1493-1945

Keyboard Shortcuts

The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. More information can be found via www.amdigital.co.uk

Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02829.12
From Archive Folder	Letters of the Allen Family, including five while on U.S. gunboats off South America
Title	Frank T. McIntire to Bill Mayberry about his ship taking prizes and the money it brings him
Date	6 September 1863
Author	McIntire, Frank T. (fl. 1863)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Very informal letter. Says he has no doubt she has seen in the papers that his ship has taken several prizes. Says he is "getting rich damn it. [I] got more money than a horse could haul in a year. Without joking I suppose my share will amount to about fifteen thousand dollars at least." Does not know when he will get home. Says "By the way Bill in your last you told me you was going to give that d__d old fool Dupree a thrashing..."
Subjects	Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Soldier's Letter Union Soldier's Letter Privateering Confederate States of America Finance Soldier's Pay
Place written	Aboard USS Delaware off Mississippi
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
Civil War: Theater of War	Main Eastern Theater
Civil War: Unit	USS Delaware