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1861 - 1865 ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS - INTERESTING RELIGIOUS, PERSONAL AND CIVIL WAR CONTENT

1861 - 1865 ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS - INTERESTING RELIGIOUS, PERSONAL AND CIVIL WAR CONTENT

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On offer is a small archive of 5 ALS's and 1 partial ALS, 1861 to 1865, 16pp. total, written by members of the Richmond family (farmers in Badger, Wisconsin and Madison, NY), with interesting personal/ religious content (deaths, farm/ land business, etc.), with a few references to the Civil War: "... way of the draft. Father wrote that the town of Madison was offering $300 to volunteers, but there were but few enlisting..."; "... I received a letter from George last week his health is about the same he is in the Hospital yet, at Memphis, he had not received his pay yet..."; "... Cranbery Jones has made me an offer to drive his Horse Team the comming winter Drawing home Hop poles & cedar Timber for fence posts and rails... If you should conclude to get me a Team I will sell the oxen. I can get from 140 to 150 for them... Clark Johnson has returned [to Badger] from the army Discharged, he has purchased Aaron Hyatt's colts and Tip Hyatts Buggy..." Sizes vary 5" x 8" to 7-3/4" x 11", folds (some small breaks), minor soiling/ spotting-- overall VG.

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