Walbridge, Louise, fl. 1865 to Charles Walbridge

GLC04663.73

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GLC#
GLC04663.73-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
October 20, 1865
Author/Creator
Walbridge, Louise, fl. 1865
Title
to Charles Walbridge
Place Written
Buffalo, New York
Pagination
4 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Family news and weather. A rash of break-ins has made the family uneasy. "I heard a commotion down stairs and Mother opening the front door, a very little thing alarms us in these days of murders and robberies so I ran down stairs as fast as I could. Harry, half dressed, proceeded me revolver stuck into his pocket. Our danger, melted away when we saw Mother, Bille, and Annie reading a telegraph saying that Minnie started[home] tonight..."

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