Letter from Augustus Hesse, Camp Lyn[n]field, Mass, to Deborah Weston, Aug. 5, 1862

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Augustus Hesse, Camp Lyn[n]field, Mass, to Deborah Weston, Aug. 5, 1862
Author:
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
August 5, 1862
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (4 p.) ; 8 x 4 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tv95q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Camp Lyn[n]field, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Augustus Hesse writes: "I can say now that I am a U.S. soldier I am examined of the D[octor] and sworen [sic] in the U.S. Arme [sic]." Hesse asks Deborah Weston to tell Mr. Humphry, the selectman of Weymouth, about his affairs, so that he can receive the town bounty. He thinks of his wife Almira and his "dear little sweet Anna." He trusts that his child has "got a good Lady Friend of Miss Anna Weston, which I never shall forget when[?] in the Battle field."
Identifier:
3133524
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.11
Barcode:
39999066784073
mq8390160