Blanchard, Ira, 1835-? to Mary (Wright) Kellogg

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GLC#
GLC03523.31.18-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
4 October 1862
Author/Creator
Blanchard, Ira, 1835-?
Title
to Mary (Wright) Kellogg
Place Written
Jackson, Tennessee
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 24.6 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from Jackson, Tennessee. Thanks her for the flowers she enclosed in her letter. Comments, " the flowers which grow here are very beautiful, I think their breath is not poisoned with the sentiment of treason..." Expresses interest in knowing "...who you are waiting for" to marry. Says the rebels are in force at Bethel, Tennessee and have cut off their communication with Corinth, Mississippi. Talks about the vigorous efforts underway to secure the city of Jackson. Asks her what she thinks of the Emancipation Proclamation. States he is happy about it and hopes the "...Republican charter so long disgraced...shall be free to asert itself as the model government of the world."

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