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Roswell F. Plummer and Pardon D. Plummer correspondence to Lyman J. Plummer

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Open book Roswell F. Plummer and Pardon D. Plummer correspondence to Lyman J. Plummer

Title Roswell F. Plummer and Pardon D. Plummer correspondence to Lyman J. Plummer

Creator Plummer, Roswell F., -1863

Date 1861-1862

Place Illinois--Jo Daviess County, United States, Kentucky

Language English

Subjects United States, Frontier and pioneer life

Summary Nine autographed letters, dated 18 January 1861-22 November 1862, from brothers Roswell F. Plummer and Pardon D. Plummer to their brother Lyman J. "James" Plummer in Woodville, New York. Eight letters are written from Plum River, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, before Roswell and Pardon enlisted in the 92nd Illinois Infantry Regiment. The ninth letter was written from the front lines of the American Civil War in Nicholasville, Kentucky. The letters cover the brothers' lives on the frontier in northwestern Illinois, including hunting and fishing trips, killing wolves for bounty, country dances, and family news, as well as news of the Civil War. One letter includes a postscript from the brothers' mother imploring James not to go to war. The ninth letter written from Nicholasville includes a chromolithographed letterhead vignette printed in Cincinnati entitled "The girl I left behind", which depicts a Union soldier comforting a weeping woman. Also included are 2 illustrated cards with verses and a stamped envelope addressed to "Mr. L.J. Plummer".

Biographical/Historical Note Roswell F. Plummer and Pardon D. Plummer were brothers who settled in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, and enlisted in the 92nd Illinois Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War.

Extent 9 items

Format Sources, Manuscripts, Correspondence, Printed ephemera, Ephemera

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Call Number Midwest MS 243

BibID 998774558805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3099px × 4802px 85.19 MB

Filename 998774558805867_midwest_ms_0243_00025.tif

Unique Identifier NL12X3IM

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