Conger, Levi P., fl. 1824-1868 to Anne Conger

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GLC#
GLC04672.02-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
25 April to 8 May 1868
Author/Creator
Conger, Levi P., fl. 1824-1868
Title
to Anne Conger
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
16 p. : envelope Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Writes to his wife detailing his journey from the Isthmus of Panama to San Francisco. Writes aboard the Aspenwall and the Oregonian, from the coasts of Nicaragua, Mexico, and California. Describes the Panamanian natives and an old town that had been a Spanish settlement. Other observations include descriptions of the coastlines, native villages visible from the ship, a detailed description of a small child's burial at sea, and his complaint about the ship's services since they left Panama. The pages in the letter are numbered by Conger in an upper corner of each page. Imprint on upper left corner reads "Massasoit Mills." The included envelope possibly held this letter.

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