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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.13 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | Richard M. McSherry to Henry F. McSherry regarding good news from the other side, parties at Christmas, and requesting a carte de visite |
| Date | 16 December 1861 |
| Author | McSherry, Richard M. (b. 1818) |
| Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Richard to his brother Henry. After Henry left, he went to see Mr. Lancaster, who showed him around. Went to the Academy of Music. References receiving his letter from New York, and was glad he made it back on time. Says he sent the $5 to Aunt Eliza and settled with their mother, and says they are now even. Says he walked down the street with Mrs. Spalding and that she enquired after him. Says "We are all rejoicing here over the news from the other side and I hope that you will soon have to leave off blockading etc and go to fight the British Lion." Says there has been a good deal of small parties, and hopes Christmas will provide one or two bigger ones. Wants him to send a carte de visite, saying "I would like to have your effigy before Jno Bull gets you." Envelope addressed to Henry at the USS "Sciota" at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Postmarked 16 December in Baltimore. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Civil War Military History Union Forces Navy Education Art, Music, Theater, and Film Finance Children and Family Women's History Blockade Holidays and Celebrations Entertaining and Hospitality Photography Confederate States of America Diplomacy Global History and Civics Trent Affair |
| People | McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) McSherry, Richard M. (b. 1792) |
| Place written | Baltimore, Maryland |
| 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: Recipient Relationship | Father |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |