Letter from Augustus Hesse, [Near Gettysburg, Pa.], to Deborah Weston, [July 1863]

Title:: Letter from Augustus Hesse, [Near Gettysburg, Pa.], to Deborah Weston, [July 1863]
Author:: Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Addressee:: Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Date:: [July 1863]
Format:: Letters/Correspondence
Manuscripts
Location:: Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):: Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:: Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century
Women abolitionists--Massachusetts--Boston--19th century--Correspondence
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
Antislavery movements--United States
Women abolitionists--United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Weston, Deborah, b. 1814
Hesse, Augustus, d. 1867
Places:: Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:: 1 leaf (2 p.) ; 5 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/qz20t946g
Terms of Use:: No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.

Place of origin:: [Near Gettysburg, Pa.]
Language:: English
Notes:: Holograph, signed.
Augustus Hesse writes: "I shall not be able to join my Battery for some time." Hesse asks Deborah Weston and her relatives to try to obtain a month's furlough for him. He describes the battle of Gettysburg.
Notes (date):: This date is inferred.
Identifier:: 2806911
Call #:: Ms.A.9.2 v.5, p.80A
Barcode:: 39999066784420
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