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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00686.16 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of the Van Valkenburgh family |
| Title | Gerrit S. van Valkenburgh to Mary B. Van Valkenburgh on an illness and potential marriage |
| Date | 28 February 1865 |
| Author | Van Valkenburgh, Gerrit S. (fl. 1860-1866) |
| Recipient | Van Valkenburgh, Mary B. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Refers to his mother's letter of 28 January 1865. Says he is sorry that the letters he writes to her are not arriving. Updates her on family information. Reports that he has contracted Erysipelas and that his face has been swollen for a week. Adds that it has since peeled all over. Says the weather is good and that the woods are full of flowers. Mentions that he was not aware that his brother Robert was going to Japan until he received a note from his brother Frank (Robert was selected as the American ambassador to Japan). Says he is doing well and that he may marry in the fall. Hopes they can meet again soon. |
| Subjects | Prisoner of War Confederate Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America Soldier's Letter Military History Civil War Diplomacy Government and Civics Asia Marriage Typhoid Fever |
| People | Van Valkenburgh, Gerrit |
| Place written | Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Children & Family; Foreign Affairs; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Gerrit was the only one of the five Van Valkenburgh brothers who eventually sided with the Confederacy. Having spent some time as a prisoner of war, he may have been released from prison when he wrote this letter. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | Gerrit S. van Valkenburgh to Mary B. Van Valkenburgh concerning his health |