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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | Richard M. McSherry to Henry F. McSherry regarding selling his farm and threatening events in the south |
| Date | 21 November 1860 |
| Author | McSherry, Richard M. (b. 1792) |
| Recipient | McSherry, Henry F. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by Richard to his son Henry as an assistant surgeon in the U.S. Navy. References receiving Henry's letter the day before. Says he is in negotiations with John Janney(?) to purchase his farm "as you were so anxious I should buy land." Claims "The affairs in the South look very threatening - But when action comes they will find more difficulties in the way than they expect." Thinks they will reconsider and not break from the Union. Is worried he has too many temptations to spend his money where he is and will not send it home. Letter is fragile and has a partial tear along a fold. |
| Subjects | Navy Children and Family Land Transaction Soldier's Pay Confederate States of America Secession Civil War Military History Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Finance Surgeon |
| People | McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) McSherry, Richard M. (b. 1792) |
| Place written | Martinsburg, Virginia |
| Theme | 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 |