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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.44 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | Lill Campbell to Henry F. McSherry regarding a past love interest of his |
| Date | 11 October 1865 |
| Author | Campbell, Lill (fl. 1865) |
| Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Lill to her cousin Henry. Says she is leaving for Erie, Pennsylvania to visit another cousin tomorrow. Is going to be joining a couple who are returning to that town. Says "How much I wish I had time to discuss that young with whom you were in love." Lill is writing indirectly, but it appears that Henry was engaged to someone and that it fell apart due to time and distance. Updates him on family and friends. Says "Our glorious country is coming out greater than ever from the late conflict ... indeed all Europe are bound to pronounce this a great country[,] a people Eaqual [sic] to any Emergency. Are you most proud, proud to be an American?" Tells him to visit if he comes to Pittsburgh. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Military History Navy Woman Author Women's History Love Letters Children and Family Marriage Civil War Patriotism Global History and Civics |
| People | McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) Campbell, Lill (fl. 1865) |
| Place written | Hillside, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Naval & Maritime |
| 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 |