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Tuesday, August 17, 2004

WW1 - William Holloway Clark 1919

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WWI 14-PAGE LETTER FROM SOLDIER IN FRANCE TO SWEEHEART IN KENTUCKY 14-page letter written by Private William Holloway Clark, on "Am...
Friday, August 13, 2004

Civil War: Confederate. Liddy Berry, Charlestown, 1861

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THE BATTLE OF THE FIRST MANASSAS—THE FIRST BULL RUN "[Monte] was taken before General Pope and he sat with his hat on all the time a...
Friday, July 30, 2004

Civil War: Charlotte Couch, Illinois 1865

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Civil War letter written by Charlotte Couch of Fairview, Illinois, and dated April 19, 1865. It is addressed to a Civil War soldier, identif...
Saturday, July 17, 2004

Civil War: Steamer John Raine, 1869

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Name: JAN BETTENCOURT E- mail: JANNPAUL@WMCONNECT.COM CAIRO US STEAMER JOHN RAINE MARCH 26, 1869 Cousen lydia ann b. I take my ...

Civil War: Ashley Fraizer, Fort Pickering 1862

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Name: JAN BETTENCOURT E- mail: JANNPAUL@WMCONNECT.COM FORT PICKERING DECEMBER 10TH 1862 cousen lidia a. Burgess i got your letter...

Civil War Letter: Ashley J. Fraizer, Louisiana 1864

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Name: JAN BETTENCOURT E- mail: JANNPAUL@WMCONNECT.COM U.s. ste john raine water prof la. Sunday jan. 3rd 1864 dear cousen i am so ...

Civil War Letter: Ashley J. Frazier, Virginia 1863

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Name: JAN BETTENCOURT E- mail: JANNPAUL@WMCONNECT.COM U.s. hospitle sts woodford vicksburg july 21, 1863 Dear cousen lidia i am...

Civil War Letter: Ashley J. Frazier, Mississippi (no date)

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Name: JAN BETTENCOURT E- mail: JANNPAUL@WMCONNECT.COM U.s. ste john rearn brumis burough miss. Feb 26 cous i receivied your letter ...

Civil War: Natchez Mississippi Hospital 1869 - Ashley Frazier

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Name: JAN BETTENCOURT E- mail: JANNPAUL@WMCONNECT.COM Natchez missippi u.s. hospital ster woodford aug. 27,1869 Notes: dear cousin...

Civil War: on board the Steamer John Raine 1862

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Name JAN BETTENCOURT E- mail: JANNPAUL@WMCONNECT.COM U.S. Steamer John Raine Vicksburg, Miss. April 22nd 1862 Miss Lidia Burgess ...

Civil War: Ashley J. Fraizer, POW 1864

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Name JAN BETTENCOURT E- Mail: JANNPAUL@WMCONNECT.COM Letter: u.s. steamer john raine august 6th 1864 miss burgess your note of jul...
Sunday, July 11, 2004

WW1: Albert Bertram Mudge, Ontario 1915

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Name: Linda M. Shea E- mail: shaylin@telus.net Belgium, April 28, 1915 Mrs. R. Mudge, 41 Queen St., W., Guelph, Ontario Deares...
Saturday, July 03, 2004

Civil War: LETTERS FROM SOLDIER ON USS VANDERBILT, 1864

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1864 NAVAL LETTERS FROM SOLDIER ON USS VANDERBILT "Elias, I do not steal as much here as I used to in the Army for I used to help my...
Sunday, June 27, 2004

T R Harrison & Frances Darling to Capt. Ed Richmond, Massachusetts, 1854

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This stampless letter has a circular date stamp for PAW PAW Mich., a matching PAID and 3 cent rate, and is addressed to Capt. Ed Richmond, N...

Emma Wadsworth Letter, 1865

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The correspondent, Emma Wadsworth is clearly an intelligent, articulate, young woman and does not hesitate to speak her mind. She gives the ...

An 1860 pre-civil war dated letter from William Wadsworth to his sister, Emma Wadsworth

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1860 PRE-CIVIL WAR LETTER WRITTEN BY CORPORAL WILLIAM WADSWORTH "…A good nigger is worth from fourteen to eighteen hundred dollars h...

1859 PIKES PEAK, COLORADO GOLD RUSH LETTER BY WILLIAM WADSWORTH

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1859 PIKES PEAK, COLORADO GOLD RUSH LETTER BY WILLIAM WADSWORTH "…I expect to start for Pikes Peak about the first of April…. They s...
Friday, June 18, 2004

Lydia Giles, San Francisco California, 1881

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~1880 OVERLAND JOURNEY~SAN FRANCISCO~MARITIME~ “When I have good pen and some better paper, I will write you of the Rocky Mountains, the ...
Thursday, May 27, 2004

S. Brooks to Thomas Brooks, Massachusetts, 1812

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This stampless letter has a faint circular date stamp for BOSTON with the stars / asterisks at the bottom, a handwritten 10 cent rate, and i...

Senator Asa Biggs, North Carolina, 1865

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POST CIVIL WAR LETTER FROM CONFEDERATE SECESSIONIST DELGATE, SENATOR AND JUDGE "All the valuable part of my Library was destroyed o...
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