Letter from Augustus Hesse, McClellan Hospital, Nice Town, [Pa.], to Anne Warren Weston, Aug. 8th, 1863

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Augustus Hesse, McClellan Hospital, Nice Town, [Pa.], to Anne Warren Weston, Aug. 8th, 1863
Author:
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Addressee:
Weston, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Date:
August 8, 1863
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, Anne Warren, 1812-1890
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (2 p.) ; 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tx08s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
McClellan Hospital, Nice Town, [Pa.]
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
Augustus Hesse is sorry to hear that Anne Warren Weston has been ill. He comments on the Civil War. He thinks Lee's army is making preparations for a new campaign against Washington and it would "be surely demoralized and burned to ashes under the fire of the Fortifications around Washington" if he tried to take that city.
On the second page of the manuscript, Augustus Hesse continues the letter with the salutation, "My dear friend." Hesse is troubled and apologizes because he thinks that his last letter may have offended Anne Warren Weston. Hesse wrote to Gov. John A. Andrew asking him for a furlough. Dr. Brown has promised an answer next week. Hesse's wound has healed, but he still has pain occasionally.
Identifier:
2806912
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.77
Barcode:
39999066784438
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