Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 to Isora Skinkle

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GLC#
GLC03523.32.36-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
4 July 1864
Author/Creator
Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Title
to Isora Skinkle
Place Written
Memphis, Tennessee
Pagination
3p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.7 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes to his sister. Mentions that the men are feeling rowdy for this Fourth of July. Comments that they want to have a good time while they have a chance to. Discusses how bad he felt when heard about Oney's (possible family friend) wife killing herself while Oney was in the army. Writes that it was especially bad since she had so many small children and now there is no one left to take care of them. Request that she writes him back with all the latest news. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner.

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