Letter from Sallie to Henry, April 16, 1865

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Title: Letter from Sallie to Henry, April 16, 1865
Creator: Van Sellar, Sallie
Date: 1865-04-16
Decade: 1860s
Description: Sallie gets word that Col. Sellars is home, but upon arriving home, discovers it is Maj. Merriman, whom she is delighted to see. She writes of "receiving the joyful news of the 'surrender of Lee's Army'' as well as the "reverse feeling" of "President Lincoln & Sec. Seward assassination". She writes, "Darling this is so sad just as things was beginning to look a little fair to meet with such a loss. All the bells tolled over an hour this morning. Dear words fail to express our feelings. What next will befall us I wonder."
Extent: 1 sheet (4 pages)
Dimensions: 17 cm
Language: eng
Geographic Subject: Paris (Ill.)
Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder: MS 360; Folder 7: Correspondence;March-June 1865
Collection Title: Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Acquisition information: Donated by B.F. Henderson in 1967
Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Type: Text
Identifier: 0360_0007_095
Collection: Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)

Title	Letter from Sallie to Henry, April 16, 1865
Creator	Van Sellar, Sallie
Date	1865-04-16
Decade	1860s
Description	Sallie gets word that Col. Sellars is home, but upon arriving home, discovers it is Maj. Merriman, whom she is delighted to see. She writes of "receiving the joyful news of the 'surrender of Lee's Army'' as well as the "reverse feeling" of "President Lincoln & Sec. Seward assassination". She writes, "Darling this is so sad just as things was beginning to look a little fair to meet with such a loss. All the bells tolled over an hour this morning. Dear words fail to express our feelings. What next will befall us I wonder."
Extent	1 sheet (4 pages)
Dimensions	17 cm
Language	eng
Geographic Subject	Paris (Ill.)
Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder	MS 360; Folder 7: Correspondence;March-June 1865
Collection Title	Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence
Rights	No Copyright - United States
Acquisition information	Donated by B.F. Henderson in 1967
Repository	Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Type	Text
Identifier	0360_0007_095
Collection	Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)

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