Painter, Heber, 1841-1900 to sister Kate

GLC02016.002

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GLC#
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Type
Letters
Date
December 25, 1860
Author/Creator
Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
Title
to sister Kate
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 27 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Letter is entitled "My Christmas gift to Kate". Describes his walk down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Christmas shopping season. Visits the navy yard and barracks with his friend Russ and remarks that Uncle Sam does not consider Christmas a holiday, as soldiers were on duty Christmas morning. States that there are many printers in the city without jobs. Reports that "the South Carolina delegation withdrew very quietly."

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