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- GLC#
- GLC03523.40.24-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 22 March 1863
- Author/Creator
- Shafer, David H., fl. 1862
- Title
- to Lydia A. Bishoff
- Place Written
- Sir John's Run, Morgan County, Virginia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 25.9 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
There has been some confusion over delayed receipt of letters. Even though Bishoff wrote Shafer twice, he only received one letter (in February). He thought she had forgotten her "best friends that are absent from home." Regardless, Shafer promises Bishoff that it was nothing more than a mix-up. Shafer discusses some news he has received from home (that Dan Wagoner is getting married). He then remarks that there are plenty of good-looking girls around, who are nearly all Irish. He explains that there are presently two companies at Sir John's Run. Shafer tells Bishoff he is stealing her trade, for he is serving as the cook for one mess (fifteen men), but he does not like the job very much. He has heard that Bishoff had a party, and requests that she give him "all the partickulars."
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