Thursday, May 29, 2008

William Harrison Letter, Meadville Pennsylvania 1867

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Meadville [PA] April 8 /67 [1867] Dear Children, Mase and Arvilla Your welcome and kind letter dated March the 25th was rec'd yesterday....
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

John Haig Letter 1835 Upper Canada

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JOHN HAIG LETTER 1835 Gananoque (1) Feb 8th 1835 Sir: (2) I take the opportunity of writing you a few lines tho’ not the pleasure of informi...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Schenectady, New York 1906 Letter

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My Dear Little Woman, I have just filled up the stove with coal preparatory for ironing it is a lovely morning. I wish you and Jesse and th...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

North Carolina Letter from James Fordham 1898

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Cadiz, Lenoir County, North Carolina Sept. 30, 1898 J.D. Fordham Dear Cousin: Yours of September 20th to hand and contents noted. You did n...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Elizabeth Richards-Busher Letter of 1837, Upper Canada

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Captain William Richards (1) Perth (2), Upper Canada Quebec (3) June 7th 1837 Dear Brother, I embrace this opportunity of riting these few ...
Friday, May 23, 2008

WW 1 Letter Jamse Ritchie Martin, CEF

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Dear Mother, I arrived safe in Calgary this morning. Don’t worry about me I am OK. Give Jim my job. We are going right to Camp the seargea...
Thursday, April 24, 2008

Messrs Brown & Benson, Merchants, Providence 1786

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Hewes & Anthony, Philadelphia, Aug. 9, 1786 - Two page handwritten merchant letter, postally sent to Messrs Brown & Benson, Merchant...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

1841 Major John H. Bills

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Letter dated Feb. 4th 1841. This Letter is addressed to Major John H. Bills Postmaster, from Elijah M. Ringo. In short, it addresses the inh...
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

David Parker, Shaker Village 1866

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This letter is signed by Canterbury Trustee David Parker and is on a rare Shaker letterhead with an engraved illustration. A letter to Fello...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

William J. Cheney of 1st Heavy Artillery Vermont

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William J. Cheney of "D" Co. VT 1st Heavy Artillery writes on two pages of the letter, dated July 3, then his Cousin Fannie writes...
Friday, April 04, 2008

Samuel Swett, Poland, Maine, 1796

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Letter from Samuel Swett, a merchant, dated Poland, Maine, May 22, 1796, to Robert Boyd, a Portland, Maine wholesaler or importer. Swett is ...
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

1865 CARROLLTON, ILLINOIS,

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THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN FROM CARROLLTON, ILLINOIS , DEC 26TH, 1865 AND STARTS. " DEAR FRIEND MOLLIE," THE LETTER STARTS BY ASKING...
Saturday, March 22, 2008

Henry Wise Farley 1812

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This letter home, from Harvard medical student HW [Henry Wise] Farley, contains a lengthy and detailed first-person account Farley describes...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

John Cushing Letters

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Three letters addressed to JOHN CUSHING, ESQ. All letters are asking his help in their dire need for money and help. The first letter., fold...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Boston 1833, Mrs. Isham of Taunton

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Autograph letter signed, "B B Wisner", Boston, April 11, 1833. The letter, sent to an unknown recipient, regards an upcoming Conve...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

Seymore Connecticut, 1853

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Seymore Connecticut, December 4 1853, from George B. Glendining to Charles W. Gillette. [In part:] "My Dear Charles, The multiplicity...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Moses Jewett Burlington, Vermont Letter

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18th Century letter from Moses Jewett, [of Burlington, Vermont], datelined New Ipswich, NH to his brother David Jewett of Jaffrey, NH. Read...
Sunday, March 09, 2008

Nelson Linsley Letter, New Haven Connecticut 1860

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Four page letter from New Haven, Connecticut, dated May 14, 1860, from Nelson Linsley, a Melodeon Manufacture in New Haven operating under t...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Mr. Christopher W. Wilder Bridgeton ME

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This great old letter is addressed to "Mr. Christopher W. Wilder Bridgeton ME" but you will also find the words "Haverhill Ma...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Portland Oregon 1911 Letter

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"Portland Oregon August 28th, 1911 Mr. Walter Beattie, My Dear Brother, I received your long looked for letter Friday so glad to hear o...