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- GLC#
- GLC03228.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- April 23, 1861
- Author/Creator
- Carey, Henry G., fl. 1839-1861
- Title
- to his uncle [Galloway Cheston]
- Place Written
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Reports on the city of Baltimore at the beginning of the Civil War. Writes that the city has been much more quiet, "tho' the streets are full of uniforms." He tried to send flour to someone and was informed that "no flour or provisions of any kind to be sent from the city." States that he took the silver and put it in the bank. Asks if he wants to keep his horses in town.
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