Maitland, James M., 1815-1864 to [Elhanan Mast]

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GLC#
GLC03523.10.254-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1861-1865
Author/Creator
Maitland, James M., 1815-1864
Title
to [Elhanan Mast]
Place Written
Kingston, Ohio
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 30.1 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Reports on many children dying of dysentery. Says the weather has been dry all summer an the corn crop will be short. Comments the political situation is unsettled, with much name-calling and disagreement about the war. Gives him an objective accounting of a viscous rumor circulating about a female neighbor. Urges him to come home and run as a Democratic representative in the fall. Letter is incomplete.

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