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Justus F. Gale to Mother
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    • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
    • Date Created: 1862-04-06
    • Description: Two letters dated April 4th and 6th. Writing after arriving at Ship Island, Mississippi topics include observing the Sabbath,his devotion for the Bible, arriving on shore, digging and finding plenty of fresh water, being treated with food from the Mass. 30th, thinking war may be over before he gets a chance to fight and the expectation of capturing New Orleans.
    • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


    Justus F. Gale to Father
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      • Creator: Gale, Justus F., 1837-1863.
      • Date Created: 1862-09-24
      • Description: Topics include his reference to his religious faith, the death of Justus Gale‚Äôs brother Charlie and of the death of Jester caused by the fever, the poor health of the rest of his family, the good health of himself and of sending on a photograph sent to him and of getting a photograph taken of him to send.
      • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Justus F. Gale Correspondence


      Doctor attending to a sick woman
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        • Date Created: 1909
        • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


        Buddhist temple guardian statue
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          • Date Created: 1909
          • Description: These statues were though to ward off evil spirits and ensure the safety of the temple. In the very forefront of the picture you can see a man kneeling before the statue and box in front of it.
          • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


          Joseph Rutherford to [Hannah Rutherford]
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            • Creator: Rutherford, Joseph Chase, 1818-1902.
            • Date Created: 1865-01-01
            • Description: Topics include a retrospective review of the past year of service, the luck Rutherford feels for escaping the dangers of war, the unique recognition he is afforded by being a surgeon, attending a sermon preached in the hospital and watching a patient be baptized in the hospital.
            • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Joseph Chase Rutherford Correspondence


            Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney
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              • Creator: Barney, Valentine G., 1834-1889.
              • Date Created: 1863-01-04
              • Description: From Camp Douglas in Chicago topics include going to the Baptist Church where he heard Elder Knapp a revivalist, sightseeing which included visiting grave to Stephen Douglas, seeing buffalo and oxen, requesting the return of the opened envelope in which money is missing, of eating well these days, of when the Regiment will be exchanged, gifts for officers including Col. Stannard, Col Andross, Major Stowell and the enclosure of "two small likenesses."
              • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Valentine G. Barney Correspondence


              William Wirt Henry to Mary Jane Henry
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                • Creator: Henry, William Wirt, 1831-1915.
                • Date Created: 1862-12-31
                • Description: Writes about the health of his children and God's will, anxious when receiving dispatches that the enemy is near, alerting the picket guards to be more alert, hearing many prisoners taken by the Rebels at Fairfax, wishes for more letters from home, is concerned for guards standing in the dark with cold rain, reflects on when the war will end.
                • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, William Wirt Henry Correspondence


                [Frankie?] to Mother
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                  • Date Created: ?-?-?
                  • Description: A poem, "Death of H. H. Wilder," written by Frankie, presumably Wilder's nephew.
                  • Parent Collections: Vermonters in the Civil War, Henry Harrison Wilder Correspondence


                  A man paying homage to two Buddhist statues
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                    • Date Created: 1909
                    • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs


                    A charm to protect against fire
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                      • Date Created: 1909
                      • Description: The charm was created to protect the bearer from fire. On the marker, it says Jadaiji temple, which may be the Jindaiji temple in Tokyo.
                      • Parent Collections: A Tourist's Album of Japan, Album of Japanese Photographs