Letter from Augustus Hesse, Camp Sigel, Mass, to Deborah Weston, Septbr' 2, 1862

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Augustus Hesse, Camp Sigel, Mass, to Deborah Weston, Septbr' 2, 1862
Author:
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
September 2, 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.) ; 8 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tw14q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
Camp Sigel, Mass
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Augustus Hesse informs Deborah Weston of his arrival in the camp last Sunday. Hesse says that "the Dr. [Hervey Eliphaz Weston?] was very kind to carry me over so far." The next letter will be from Washington.
Identifier:
3133542
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.18
Barcode:
39999066784289
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