Roswell Farnham to Laura
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Roswell Farnham Correspondence
Title - Roswell Farnham to Laura
Creator - Farnham, Roswell, 1827-1903.
Date Created - 1863-02-10
Description - Two letters dated Feb 10 and Feb. 15. Topics include the costs of newspapers and magazines, the chain of custody of Laura’s braids of hair, comfortable living conditions at the moment, Mary’s visit in camp, mention of a map sent to Charlie, news of friends seen, a trip to Washington where they saw actress Maggie Mitchell (she was a Confederate sympathizer and friend of John Wilkes Booth), an incident with their dog, suggestions on refurbishing the house and money sent home.
Subject - Families of military personnel.
- Newspapers.
- Military camps -- Virginia.
- Military pay.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
- Mitchell, Maggie 1837-1918.
Extent - 4 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2011-04-29, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 4/29/2011 4:26:44 PM
Access Conditions - For further information please contact Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries at uvmsc@uvm.edu.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwuvmfarnham117
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
Digital Format - image/tiff
Digital Format - Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
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