Box 1
Container
Contains 29 Results:
Henry P. McCahill to Grace D. Nichols, December 18, 1864
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Written from the Camp of the 182nd New York Regiment near Petersburg, Virginia. Opens "Dear Cousin Gracie." McCahill reports that upon receiving her letter he "commenced dancing a series of cotillions, jigs, &c. ending up by bringing my cranium in contact with something of a harder substance in the shape of a stump which brought before my wondering eyes stars of more and divers colors than I ever imagined there was in the firmament." Grace had asked in her letter...
Dates:
December 18, 1864
Georgia F. Farnham to Grace D. Nichols, August 17, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Written from Exeter, New Hampshire. Describes her travels from Rockland to Exeter with Laura (perhaps a friend or relative). At Exeter they were met by Mary, Georgia's sister, who had married John Conner of Exeter. Georgia goes on to describe various visits and acquaintances, including the Swasey family (Hannah and her brothers Eben and Ambrose, and their cousin Joe Byron of Cambridge, Massachusetts); Susie Nourse of Andover, Massachusetts; ... She reports that they had attended a lecture on...
Dates:
August 17, 1864
Georgia F. Farnham to Grace D. Nichols, September 1, 1864
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Written from Exeter, New Hampshire. Reports that Laura and Susie have both gone, Susie to start school. Describes a visit to the beaches at Hampton and Rye and the ride back to Exeter, "singing songs, stealing apples, &c." She laments having missed a visit to the Swaseys due to illness; the Swaseys and Joe Byron had later visited and "took Lau and Sue off on a boat-ride where they flirted to their hearts content with my Joe. ...
Dates:
September 1, 1864
Georgia F. Farnham to Grace D. Nichols, September 10, 1864
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Written from Exeter, New Hampshire. Thanks Grace for a long letter. Complains of soreness from doing chores around the house, expresses sympathy that "all the North End boys are going away to be killed," and thanks Grace for her sympathy at the departure of Joe Byron. Describes various social visits, and eating many pears and apples. Mentions having met various members of the extended Conner family, and once getting into the bed she was sharing with Mary and the slats giving way beneath...
Dates:
September 10, 1864
Georgia F. Farnham to Grace D. Nichols, October 5, 1864
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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Written from Exeter, New Hampshire. Thanks Grace for a long letter, sends love from Susie by making a particular mark on the paper and adding "(I wonder if that is the way love looks?)." She chides Grace for writing her full name out when addressing her envelopes, and describes a Union meeting held in Exeter with flags "bearing the names of Lincoln and Johnson" and a bonfire. There she had met with Fred De Merit and his sister, apparently some mutual acquaintances, and comments that De Merit...
Dates:
October 5, 1864
Georgia F. Farnham to Grace D. Nichols, August 3, 1865
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
Written from Exeter, New Hampshire. Writes of being lonesome and wanting to hear from her friends, it having been a fortnight since she left Rockland for Exeter. Describes her voyage by ship to Boston and then by train to Exeter, having met on the boat "Mr. & Mrs. Gregory, of your house, and little Frankie." Describes seasickness on the overnight trip and her arrival in Boston, where she got food, "bought a Waverly, and seated myself in the Ladies...
Dates:
August 3, 1865
Georgia F. Farnham to Grace D. Nichols, August 16, 1865
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Written from Exeter, New Hampshire. Writes about a letter she had received from "Bro. Geo.", who called himself "Miss Laura Rhoade's favorite coz." She said she did not plan to answer his letter. She sympathizes with Grace for not having heard anything from "your beloved Harry" and reports that she has heard nothing from Edward Everett [Kent] since being in Exeter. She laments that she seems unlikely to marry in the near future. She writes "Grace, I am...
Dates:
August 16, 1865
Georgia F. Farnham to Grace D. Nichols, September 6, 1865
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Written from Exeter, New Hampshire. Notes that the weather has been hot and now rainy, and asks if Grace enjoyed her visit to Rockville, noting "I suppose you did, for you were near your beloved Stephen." She asks how he looked and what has become of his brother Sydney [these are perhaps Stephen and Sydney Gurney, listed in the 1860 census at Camden, Maine]. She laments that Clara has not written to her, or the "Hewett girls." She notes that Grace has heard from "Harry" and calls her...
Dates:
September 6, 1865
Georgia F. Farnham to Grace D. Nichols, September 16, 1865
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Written from Exeter, New Hampshire. Describes the "slowest preacher that ever was called to the sacred desk," having listened to a sermon that morning of two hours and ten minutes. She responds to Grace's suggestion that she "come home and put myself under a doctor's care!" with "Fudge! ... A doctor would surely kill me." She urges Grace to tell Georgia's mother not to worry about her, and tells Grace not to study too much. She reports...
Dates:
September 16, 1865
Henry P. McCahill to Grace D. Nichols, January 9, 1865
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Written from the Camp of the 182nd New York Regiment near Petersburg, Virginia. Opens "Dear Cousin Gracie." Notes that he had received her letter of January 4 and is pleased that she was disappointed that he had hurt himself while dancing and reports that he is fully recovered. She had apparently asked what caused him to think she was "handsome": "I say ... that Dark hair dark eyes and a pretty mouth is the most striking traits of beauty in a young lady." He notes that he "stands justly...
Dates:
January 9, 1865