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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.028 |
From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
Title | George F. Carl to Joseph M. Maitland discussing women, the merits of teaching and the durability of their friendship |
Date | 31 August 1860 |
Author | Carl, George F. (fl. 1860) |
Recipient | Maitland, Joseph M. |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Tells his friend that he has left Urbana, and explains that he might have made an "impression" on a couple of women, noting however, that it was unintentional. Writes that when he left "I felt considerably like as if I had been drawn down a rainbow hauled by a pink angel, with 'shingled hair' did you feel so?" Discusses the merits of teaching as a profession. Proclaims, "May our friendship be 'lasting as the mountains rich' and 'as endurable as the waves of the ocean.' " |
Subjects | Women's History Education Friendship |
People | Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918) Carl, George F. (fl. 1860) |
Place written | De Graff, Ohio |
Theme | Education; Women in American History |
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 |
Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Friend |