Letter from Sophronia McNitt to Eli Cress, January 19, 1865
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Title | Letter from Sophronia McNitt to Eli Cress, January 19, 1865 |
Creator | McNitt, Sophronia |
Date | 1865-01-19 |
Decade | 1860s |
Description | A letter to Eli Cress, a Union soldier in the 117th Illinois Infantry, from Sophronia McNitt. McNitt sent news of local events and expressed her wish for an end to the war. |
Extent | 1 sheet (4 pages) and 1 envelope |
Dimensions | 18.2 cm |
Language | eng |
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Genre Subject | Correspondence |
Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder | MS 117: Correspondence: Soldiers; Box 1, Folder 5: Eli Cress |
Collection Title | McNitt Family Papers |
Rights | No Copyright - United States |
Acquisition information | Donated by Jeanne Tingley and Donald F. Tingley in 1999 |
Repository | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections |
Type | |
Identifier | 0117_0005_09 |
Collection | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content) |
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