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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.15.16 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Jesse Brown |
| Title | Jesse Brown to Caleb and Emily Brown discussing money, news of his friends and his desire to start a tug boat business after the war |
| Date | 13 September 1864 |
| Author | Brown, Jesse (1844-1933) |
| Recipient | Brown, Caleb Brown, Emily |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Has received the money. Although $20 was in state money and is not worth anything there, it worked out because he owed a friend $20 who sent it home to Rhode Island, where it had full value. Is anxious to start a tug boat business after the war. Gives news of friends James Canty, James Kerns, and Major McMahorn. Written from the 5th Maine Battery. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union Soldier's Letter Soldier's Letter Soldier's Pay Finance Children and Family Coins and Currency Transportation Maritime |
| People | Brown, Jesse (1844-1933) Brown, Caleb (fl. 1864) Brown, Emily (fl. 1864) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Brown enlisted as a private. On 10 December 1861 he was transferred to the K Company, Maine 18th Infantry, and a year later was transferred to the K Company, Maine 1st Heavy Artillery. He also served in the C Company, Maine Coast Guard. Brown was wounded 18 June 1864 in Petersburg. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Father Mother |
| Civil War: Unit | 1st Maine Heavy Artillery, K Company Maine Coast Guard, C Company 18th Maine Infantry, K Company |