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Letter, Unidentified brother to Otis and Francema Mason, Deadwood, SD (Native Americans, gold rush), Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence, July 23, 1876

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Open book Letter, Unidentified brother to Otis and Francema Mason, Deadwood, SD (Native Americans, gold rush), Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence, July 23, 1876

Title Letter, Unidentified brother to Otis and Francema Mason, Deadwood, SD (Native Americans, gold rush), Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence, July 23, 1876

Date July 23, 1876

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 foothills and they are [[?]] [[?]] to keep away some little ways as [[?]] them a [[?]] here they [[?]] will to do [[?]] they will have all they want to do where they are [[?]] I think.

I can not tell what I shall do now I am not satisfide to stay here any longer and I do not want to go home until winter for I made up my mind last Spring to be [[?]] all summer if I [[?]] make a living and it is [[?]] [[?]]all times there and I want to go to the Big [[?]] Mountains before I go home and see what they is there I have came here to make some

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Francema Mason - Otis Mason correspondence

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Call Number Midwest MS Mason Box 1 Folder 28

BibID 991830148805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 2170px × 3384px 21.05 MB

Filename 991830148805867_midwest_ms_mason_box_01_fl_028_01_002.tif

Unique Identifier NL110000

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