Tag: letter
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Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #3) (Guest Post)
1860: Burleigh sends news about his family’s Thanksgiving activities…
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Thanksgiving Letter (B K Jones, Dec 2d 1860, #2) (Guest Post)
1860: Burleigh relates a classic NH Thanksgiving… (Drawn by guest artist Dan Haines of Hopkinton)
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Mayflowers (B K Jones, April 25th 1858) (Guest Post)
1858: Burleigh K. Jones has some fun times planned for May Day, but life around the capital still seems unbearably dull… (Drawn by guest artist Althea Barton)
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They Have Discovered a Cave! (B K Jones, April 1st 1855) (Guest Post)
1855: Contoocook’s Burleigh K. Jones shares news from home (and demonstrates his sense of humor) in an exciting letter to his brother Sullivan. (Drawn by guest artist Andrew Z.) …
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Company B Fall in for Dinner (Jones, June 13th 1862, #2)
1862: Burleigh K. Jones takes a break from letter writing to observe dinnertime; then he continues with some ghastly details from the Fair Oaks battlefield:
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Dear Brother (Jones, June 13th 1862)
Contoocook’s Burleigh K. Jones writes to his brother following the Battle of Seven Pines …
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We Go Without Mittens Very Well (Rogers, Nov. 20 1862, #2)
Rogers recounts recent experiences & dispenses domestic advice for the home front …
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Dear Sister (Rogers, Nov. 20 1862, #1)
In this early Civil War letter, Warner native Joseph S. Rogers stares across the waters at a looming battle…
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“I tell you what it is, George” (First Bull Run)
From a letter by Private Charles Putnam (2nd NH Volunteers) to his brother George in Claremont…