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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02181.11 |
From Archive Folder | Letters to John H. Powers |
Title | Jacob N. Perkins to an unknown recipient |
Date | 19 August 1860 |
Author | Perkins, Jacob N. (fl. 1860 1864) |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | Signed "Jacob Neal Perkins." Name of recipient is written in Greek alphabet, as are occasional phrases in the letter. |
Subjects | Friendship Education |
People | Perkins, Jacob N. (fl. 1860 1864) |
Place written | Hartford, Vermont |
Theme | Education |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
Additional Information | Letters written to a private in the first Vermont Cavalry from friends and schoolmates at Newbury Seminary, and fraternity brothers from Wesleyan College. Some of the letters are from soldiers in the field, while others are from civilians writing about the war and their work at home. Letters discuss political climate, college courses, the trials of teaching, and the war. Eleven letters are from Jacob N. Perkins, describing in detail his teaching in school in North Hartland. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
Civil War: Unit | 1st Vermont Cavalry |