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Collection Reference Number GLC03523.10.036
From Archive Folder Collection of Joseph M. Maitland 
Title John S. Petty to [James M.] Maitland describing the school where he is teaching
Date 19 October 1861
Author Petty, John S. (fl. 1861-1863)  
Recipient Maitland, James M.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Apologizes for not writing sooner, remarking that "good resolutions being like pipe stems, easily broken, the favorable moments passed unimproved." Describes the school where he is teaching, and states that he likes the town where he is living. Recipient inferred from content.
Subjects Tobacco and Smoking  Education  
People Petty, John S. (fl. 1861-1863)  Maitland, James M. (1815-1864)  
Place written Lockbourne, Ohio
Theme The American Civil War; Education
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