Letter from Augustus Hesse, McClellan U.S. Hospital, Nicetown, Pa., to Deborah Weston, September 17th, 1863

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Title:
Letter from Augustus Hesse, McClellan U.S. Hospital, Nicetown, Pa., to Deborah Weston, September 17th, 1863
Author:
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Addressee:
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:
September 17, 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, Deborah, b. 1814
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Weston, Hervey Eliphaz, 1817-1882
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 leaf (3 p.) ; 8 x 5 in.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20tx26q
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
McClellan U.S. Hospital, Nicetown, Pa
Language:
English
Notes:
Holograph, signed.
In this letter, Augustus Hesse explains that "on account of Almira and Anna being here [and] in spending the time with me in glory & joyfulness I do all what I can to remain" in the hospital. He requests that his wife Almira be met upon her arrival in North Braintree by "our old true Horse I use[d] to drive." Hesse received 4 months of pay by accident, instead of the 6 months of pay owed to him.
In the postscript, Augustus Hesse promises to write his next letter to the doctor [Hervey Weston]. Hesse says: "I shall give him the knowle[d]ge of my comfort here in Philadelphia the splendid old good Wine I drink now to make me strong to be ready to fight the Rebels."
Identifier:
3133557
Call #:
Ms.A.9.2 v.31, p.85
Barcode:
39999066784461
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