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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.21.66 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters to Assistant Surgeon Henry F. McSherry of the U.S. Navy |
| Title | Unknown to unknown urging them to live a "national life" |
| Date | 13 August 1880 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Wants the recipient to have a "national life" and thinks that Jimmie has put himself in a situation to only have a "provisional life." Says recipient has great talent. The recipient appears to be a Congressman. Writer uses a new pen on second page. Mentions recipients love of history and says historical knowledge will be valuable to him as a legislator. Creator mentions reading Miss Strickland's "Mary Stuart." There is a second scrap of paper (2 p., 10 x 14.6 cm.) marked as belonging with this item, but it appears to not be related. |
| Subjects | Surgeon Government and Civics Politics Literature and Language Arts Woman Author Women's History |
| People | McSherry, Henry F. (b. 1837) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| 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 |