Kelly, Mary, fl. 1862 to James R. Kelly

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GLC04197.11
GLC#
GLC04197.11-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1862/01/11
Author/Creator
Kelly, Mary, fl. 1862
Title
to James R. Kelly
Place Written
Bloomington, Indiana
Pagination
4 p. : envelope.
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

She does not like the idea of him boarding with "secesh" women and warms him that Southern women are the sort who would "put a stricknin[e] in something for seasoning." She heard General Joseph J. Reynolds resigned and may be replaced with Rosecrans. Outbreaks of smallpox still occur in town.

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