Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865 to Mary M. Bogart

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GLC#
GLC03523.11.04-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
02/01/1863
Author/Creator
Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865
Title
to Mary M. Bogart
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
3 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 25.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes to his wife that he "is well at present and hop I shal be til this cursed war is at a close for The soldiers have got tired of fighting and are talking raising and going home..." Reports that they still have not been paid, and that he was vaccinated yesterday for smallpox. Tells her that Mr. Mason Parker was there for a visit and he sent home a new rubber blanket and that he "wants you to get it and use it in wet weather and keep it to remember me by if I should never return..." Also asks her to "take good care of your self and children til I come home and not expose your self at the ful of the moon..." Concludes the letter by telling her that she needn't send more food as he wants to lighten his load and can get by with what he has. Letter is addressed to Masonville in Delaware County, New York. Possibly written from Washington, D.C, however postmark is partially obscured.

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