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Letter, Mason, Otis, to Francema Mason, Wauhatchie Valley, TN (family news, birth of child), Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence, Apr. 24, 1864

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Open book Letter, Mason, Otis, to Francema Mason, Wauhatchie Valley, TN (family news, birth of child), Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence, Apr. 24, 1864

Title Letter, Mason, Otis, to Francema Mason, Wauhatchie Valley, TN (family news, birth of child), Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence, Apr. 24, 1864

Date Apr. 24, 1864

Language English

Subjects Husband and wife, Soldiers, United States, American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

Description Nineteen letters from Otis Mason, a sergeant in the Civil War to his Illinois wife, Francema Otis. Twelve letters from various friends and family, and a wedding invitation are also included.

User-Contributed Transcription my feelings. I pray god that you may be speedily restored to health and your child may live to be a blessing to us both. And a better man than its daddy. Here my dear be of good cheer. I believe better days are coming for us and we will share many happy days together I will stay and go to church. I have bin to church. Cotton preached a sermon on the death of five of our regiment that have died since we left Nashville. Capt. B. and [Martin?] and [Corporal?] Kirby and others seeing some appropriate faces. We have quite a large and nice building that we use for meetings which is very convenient. they are going to form a Sunday school this afternoon J. T. Hildreth got back from [illegible] this morning brought me a letter from Mike and Mr. [Coomer?] and also some things I sent for a towel a new handkerchief suspenders and Mike sent me some sugars [illegible] [an?] [illegible] Mrs. [illegible] [Hers?] [illegible]. I presume you know all the

Archival Collection Title Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence

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Call Number Midwest MS Mason Box 1 Folder 15

BibID 991830148805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 2060px × 3350px 19.78 MB

Filename 991830148805867_midwest_ms_mason_box_01_fl_015_01_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL1ZZVR

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