Scope and Contents Written from Montgomery, Alabama. Opens "My friend Gracie." Apologizes for not having answered her letter of February 12, as it was misplaced in a pigeon hole. He notes that it was received just before they began an expedition against Mobile. He writes "Since receiving that letter I have been sort of a wanderer together with the detachment of my regiment which took a part in the expedition against Mobile and Montgomery. We arrived in Montgomery the 24th day of April after having been in the...

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Three items:

- blank birthday card headed "Your Birthday Mother."

- program for the third annual "Promenade Concert and Ball of the XXV Club, at Farwell & Ames's Hall, Rockland, Monday Evening," December 25, 1871. Verso features the program for the evening, which included music by Gillmore's Full Quadrille Band.

- printed small broadsheet of poetry, headed "Singhi's Studio, Rockland, Christmas, 1892." Poem signed in print "TOPSY."

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Written from Exeter, New Hampshire. Entirely cross-written on a large sheet of blue paper. Describes social visits, stormy weather, a boat ride, and the unexpected arrival of Mary's husband John Conner from North Carolina, where he had been in hospital. John Conner was a volunteer naval officer who had been mustered out of service on September 14, 1864 due to sickness disability. He had served on the U.S.S. Genessee and the U.S.S. Commodore Hull.

Scope and Contents Written from the Camp of the 182nd New York Regiment near Petersburg, Virginia. Opens "Dear Cousin." He reports having received her letter of February 9, 1865 and a program from her school, but asks why her surname has been removed: "I guess I can surmise the cause thereof." He asks if he will ever receive her likeness, that he would like to add it to an album he is making. He reports that Frank has heard from Georgia and sends her his compliments. He describes Frank as "a dashing young...