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- GLC#
- GLC03523.21.05-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- November 28, 1860
- Author/Creator
- McSherry, Richard M., 1792-?
- Title
- to Henry F. McSherry
- Place Written
- Martinsburg, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. ; Height: 11.6 cm, Width: 16.3 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Written by Richard to his son Henry as an assistant surgeon in the U.S. Navy. References receiving his letter. Gives him investment advice. Tells him Tom is getting married tomorrow, Anna is writing him again, and that Dr. McGary will stop and call on him before going to Europe. Reports that two hogs were killed, giving them 659 pounds of meat. Says he has not settled on a contract to buy John Janney's(?) farm and will not "unless the southern difficulty is settled."
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