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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00653.24.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | John P. Furniss to Judge Haden concerning finances and conditions in New Orleans |
| Date | 14 February 1861 |
| Author | Furniss, John P. (fl. 1861) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Thanks Judge Haden for sending $100. Explains that room and board must be paid in advance and he was concerned he would not have the money in time. Discusses his concerns about being able to help his mother financially. Mentions that the state convention has convened in New Orleans and that Cousin John Perkins was elected, among others. Adds, "'Ole Abe' was burnt in effigy a few nights ago. The spectacle was quite ludicrous." Reports the financial difficulties of the "lower classes," "as evidenced by the number of patients brought to the hospital nightly, half murdered, and by the number of thieves found in the lockups every morning." Signed "Your friend & ward." |
| Subjects | Soldier's Letter Finance Secession Politics Civil War Military History Mobs and Riots President Finance Hospital Criminals and Outlaws Injury or Wound Prisoner Health and Medical Confederate Soldier's Letter Confederate States of America |
| Place written | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| 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 | 42nd regiment, North Carolina, infantry |
| Related documents | John P. Furniss to Judge Haden concerning medical practice and dissection |