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- GLC#
- GLC05493.02-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- June 1862
- Author/Creator
- Russell, Sallie, fl. 1862
- Title
- to Samuel Russell
- Place Written
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Pagination
- 4 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Three letters on one sheet from Sallie Russell, Belle Russell, and Pennie Russell to their brother, who had left Salt Lake City on the overland trail. Sallie provides family news. She also discusses the force amassing to confront the Morrisites (a breakaway group of Mormons who imprisoned several members who wished to leave the group), the death of John and George Hendley at a battle at Blue Ridge, and the death of their sister the same day in Virginia. Belle's letter reiterates that their mother misses Samuel, and mentions that others miss him too. She also makes ambiguous reference to the purpose of his trip, suggesting he employ a lawyer and describes his effort as "picking up the fragments and welding them together." Pennie gives family news and comments on Joseph Morris killing his defecting followers and the 500 man Mormon force going to seize him. Mentions that she told a Mr. Cole that Samuel was on his way back to Bluff City, Tennessee.
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