Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 To his wife

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GLC#
GLC04558.091-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
8 May 1863
Author/Creator
Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918
Title
To his wife
Place Written
Suffolk, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 13 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Continued May 9. Responding to family news, concerned that Edwin fought at Fredericksburg, comments on sister Louisa's plan to keep a school, escort for deceased officer, has bad cold, news of Hooker. With postscript apologizing for damaging the ambrotype (#207): "...while I was cleaning the glass to your pictures with Tripoli[,] I was careless enough to let the clothe haveing the tripoli on get drawn across the face of the glass that the likenesses were taken on, and Leon's is spoiled and Georgiana's is damaged...."

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