Letter from George M. Harkey to Sophronia McNitt, September 18, 1864
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| Title | Letter from George M. Harkey to Sophronia McNitt, September 18, 1864 |
| Creator | Harkey, George M. |
| Date | 1864-09-18 |
| Decade | 1860s |
| Description | A letter to Sophronia McNitt from George M. Harkey, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry Harkey wrote about friends from Montgomery County, including Sophronia's brother Francis "Frank" McNitt and his wife, Mary, and also wrote about the 1864 presidential election and talks of peace. |
| Extent | 1 sheet (4 pages) |
| Dimensions | 24.9 cm |
| Language | eng |
| Geographic Subject | |
| Topical subject | Politics and government |
| Genre Subject | Correspondence |
| Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder | MS 117: Correspondence: Soldiers; Box 1, Folder 6: George M. Harkey |
| 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_0006_04 |
| Collection | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content) |
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