Letter from Augustus Hesse, Camp Stanton, Lynnfield, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, Aug. 10, 1862

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Title:
Letter from Augustus Hesse, Camp Stanton, Lynnfield, [Mass.], to Deborah Weston, Aug. 10, 1862
Author:
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
August 10, 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 (2 p.) ; 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tw061
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Camp Stanton, Lynnfield, [Mass.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Augustus Hesse and his unit were mustered into the U.S. army this morning. Hesse reports: "I belong in the 9th Mass. Battery." The town of Weymouth put Hesse out of their quota; Hesse argues that this was wrong. He says: "I was ready to respond to the call for 300,000 men, I was happy that there was giving me a opportunity in Weymouth to put down the Rebellion fighting for Liberty which I so dear love, and to fight against Slavery which I hate." Hesse concludes: "I dit [sic] my duty to fill up the Quota of Weymouth---Will Weymouth do their duty to give me the Bounty they promised me---..."
Identifier:
3133525
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.14
Barcode:
39999066784099
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