Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, October 11, 1864
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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, October 11, 1864
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Date:1864-10-11
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Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frederick William Seward, October 11, 1864
action: sent
sender:
William Seward
Person
Name: William Seward
Birth: 1839-06-18
Death: 1920-04-29
Person
location:
Martinsburg WV
Place
Name: City: Martinsburg
County: Berkeley
State: WV
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Frederick Seward
Person
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
Person
location:
Washington D.C. DC
Place
Name: City: Washington D.C.
County:
State: DC
Country: US
Place
transcription: obm
revision: crb 2016-10-11
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Page 1
Hd Lt W S Forces
Martinsburgh Va Oct 11th
My dear brother
Please send my by rail my field
desk, 3 sheets & 2 pillow cases, and my Old Sword
the desk is in the 4th Story. The sheets in a dry goods
box in the barn & the sword in my room.
If my brother in law ^Lt^ Geo Watson
Name: George Watson
Birth: 1842-08-29
Death: 1896-10-29
comes to Washington
on his way here please give him any assistance
he may need, I should like to have him stay at
the house. An Officer
that Col Tolles
Name: Samuel Tolles
Birth: 1817
Death: 1864-10-10
Genl Sheridans
Name: Philip Sheridan
Birth: 1831-03-06
Death: 1888-08-05
chief Q M was
mortally wounded by guerrillas near Middletown
Name: City: Middletown
County: Frederick
State: MD
Country: US
yesterday, By the p By the way when
you are reading Genl Stevensons
Name: John Stevenson
Birth: 1821-06-08
Death: 1897-01-22
dispatches from
the army please remebre remember that they are written
by your brother, although I find that I do
not get credit for them, as I report to Stevenson
& he to the Department, this is private however
as I have every ^other^ reason to be pleased to be
under Genl Stevenson, If Carpenter
Name: William Carpenter
Birth: 1821
Death: 1885-10-25
comes to
Washington call him to come up here as I want
Page 2
to see him The road is running regularly
& it is perfectly safe
Your Aff bro
Will
Name: Frederick Seward
Birth: 1830-07-08
Death: 1915-04-25
Will
Oct 11
1864
Hd Lt W S Forces
Martinsburgh Va Oct 11th
My dear brother
Please send my by rail my field
desk, 3 sheets & 2 pillow cases, and my Old Sword
the desk is in the 4th Story. The sheets in a dry goods
box in the barn & the sword in my room.
If my brother in law ^Lt^ Geo Watson
Person
on his way here please give him any assistance
he may need, I should like to have him stay at
the house. An Officer
Unknown
from the front just reportsthat Col Tolles
Person
Person
mortally wounded by guerrillas near Middletown
Place
yesterday, By the p By the way when
you are reading Genl Stevensons
Person
the army please remebre remember that they are written
by your brother, although I find that I do
not get credit for them, as I report to Stevenson
& he to the Department, this is private however
as I have every ^other^ reason to be pleased to be
under Genl Stevenson, If Carpenter
Person
Washington call him to come up here as I want
to see him The road is running regularly
& it is perfectly safe
Your Aff bro
Will
Person
Oct 11
1864
date:
Tuesday, October 11, 1864
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