Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865 to Delia Slocum

GLC03791.024

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GLC#
GLC03791.024-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 8, 1865
Author/Creator
Cranor, Franklin, fl. 1862-1865
Title
to Delia Slocum
Place Written
Huntsville, Indiana
Pagination
4 p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

re: Reports that washed out bridges have resulted in no mail delivery for a week. He writes that lack of news has made him "tired and lonesome." After the arrival of the postmaster he closes his letter and reopens it the next day, where he mentions a telegraph dispatch reporting General Sheridan's capture of Confederate General Erling [Early]. He is afraid it is "all most too good to be true."

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