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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08334.25 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of correspondence of Wallace Mitchell, Union soldier |
| Title | Uretta D. Hutchinson to Wallace Mitchell regarding her employment as a governess and family news |
| Date | 10 December 1862 |
| Author | Hutchinson, Uretta D. (fl. 1862) |
| Recipient | Mitchell, Wallace |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | She describes her pay and the children, and also mentions how Thanksgiving was celebrated. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Diet and Nutrition Holidays and Celebrations Children and Family Health and Medical Education |
| People | Hutchinson, Uretta D. (fl. 1862) Mitchell, Wallace (fl. 1861-1867) |
| Place written | Orangeville |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Children & Family; Women in American History; Education; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Folder information: Union soldier, 16th PA Cavalry, Archive of 32 letters, 1861-1867. Details of cavalry life in the Army of the Potomac, illustrations, Union Patriotic envelopes, etc., revealing the conditions in the army: "Our men are many of them almost naked and to tell the plain truth have nearly starved we have agree among ourselves not to send home any word about our condition until now." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Cousin |