Box 1
Contains 111 Results:
Part of a letter, missing any address or salutation
Letter to brother from C.P. Graham in Heyworth, March 17, 1862
C.P. has been busy and has had a lawsuit to attend to, which closed two days ago in his favor; he works at house building in the summer and works on wagons in his shop over the winter
Letter to brother from C.P. Graham in Waynesville Hls, December 31, 1887
C.P. went with his wife's relatives to Heyworth for a funeral, a niece of his wife's died; there has been considerable sickness in his family over the fall; business has stagnated due to the election; he is glad there is to be a change, the Republican Party turned a deaf ear to prohibitionists though there has not been an issue since the cry of freedom of slaves that has merited the suffrage of the people as the cry of freedom from the venom of alcohol
Letter to brother from C.P. Graham in Waynesville Hls, December 15, 1863
Crops this year were a failure, times are hard
Letter to bro William from C.P. Graham in Heyworth, April 11, 1862
The market is not very good
Letter to brother from C.P. Graham in Heyworth, January 21, 1866
C.P's eyes are bad and he has been confined to his room for over a month
Letter to brother and sister, nephews and nieces from C.P. Graham in Townsend, Huron Co, December 3, 1871
C.P. has so much noise in his head he fears some time he will be crazy or die suddenly; he talks about a new patent medicine he sees advertised called Joseph Walkers Vinegar Biters; this month if he lives will be his 68th birthday
Letter to brother and sister, nephews and nieces from C.P. Graham in Townsend Huron Co; Letter to brother and sister from A. Chappell [same page], February 24, 1871
C.P. is thankful he is not entirely deaf or blind, he has to use spectacles; he does a lot of sewing, knitting, washing, and mending around the house; A. Chappell's health is worse than two years ago; in April she will be 73
Letter to brother [William] and sister [Betsy] from M.A.C, undated
M.A.C. has been quilting, sewing carpet rags, and picking strawberries, currents, gooseberries and apples to cut and dry; she wishes she could see William and Betsy
Letter to brother Almon in Youngsville, PA from D.M. Hunter in Melrose, WI, March 12, 1869
D.M. hopes George will go to Minnesota; she has one brother that will go if not drafted or does not volunteer for the war
Letter to Mother from Diantha M. Hunter in Melrose, WI, April 20, 1862
Diantha reports that George thinks he will buy a house as soon as he returns from the war; George is on the march for Alabama
Letter to Mother from Diantha in Melrose, WI, October 11, 1862
Diantha consols Mother who is being bereaved of her children one after another; she longs to see the end of this war; George has been in a battle
Letter to Mother from Diantha in Melrose, WI, November 20, 1862
They do not see many happy moments 'while this cursed rebellion lasts, most folks last fall thought the war would have been over by now'
Letter to Ester Graham [Mother] from Diantha in Irving, May 24, 1863
Hunter will be at home this winter
Letter to Mother and Sister from Diantha Hunter in Irving, August 30, 1863
Diantha hopes she and her husband will soon be restored to each other; she is getting tired teaching school; her letter includes a newspaper clipping of a poem called 'The Comfort of a Plain Wife'
Letter to Mother from Diantha M. Hunter in Melrose, WI, February 2, 1862
George has been writing her every week, his General said they would be home by June but the men do not believe him; Melrose has a Soldier's Aid Society and they have a box of things ready for the Hospital
Letter to brother and sister from Josiah E. Palmeter in Leake, Libertyville Leake Co, IL, July 22, 1855
Josiah writes about his crops
Letter to brother and sister from J.E. Palmeter in Gratiot, Lafayette Co, WI
Josiah asks about George and Almon
Letter to Brother from J.E. Palmeter in Pacific, WI, May 20, 1857
Josiah has had the hardest winter and the latest and coldest spring he has ever seen
Letter to Mr Joseph Jude in Findley Lake and Mr Joseph Ny in Chautauque Co from J.E. Palmeter in Lafayette Co, WI
Letter to brother and sister from J.E. Palmeter in Gratiot, WI, June 1, 1868
Josiah has made up his mind to go where Shubil is
Letter to dear friends and brother from J.E. Palmeter in Caladona, June 20, 1869
Shubil's health is poor
Letter to friends from J.E. Palmeter in Caladona trempeleu Co, WI, February 12, 1871
Josiah is at Shubil's desk; Pamelia insists Josiah could make more money east than he could here
Fragment of a letter from J.E. Palmeter
Josiah is expecting some people to come; on the back is a list with the going rates of various crops
Letter to friends and brother from J.E. Palmeter in Gratiot, Lafayette Co, WI
Josiah talks about various relatives' everyday goings on