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008 090115s1863 xx 000 i eng d
033 00 $a18630512
035 $a3501667
040 $aBRL
099 $aMs.A.9.2 v.31, p.59
100 1 $aHesse, Augustus,$dd. 1867.
245 10 $a[Letter to] Miss Deborah Weston$h[manuscript].
260 $aCamp 9th Mass. Battery, Centreville, Va.,$cMay 12th, 1863.
300 $a1 leaf (4 p.) ;$c8 x 5 in.; and envelope 3 1/8 x 5 3/8 in.
500 $aHolograph, signed.
500 $aAugustus Hesse writes that he has sent two memorials of the 9th Mass. Battery, of which he is a member, one for Almira (his wife) to be put in a frame, "carefully carved," and one for Mrs. Weston.
500 $aOn page two of this manuscript, Augustus Hesse begins a new message, with the salutation, "My kind friend." Hesse confides his anxiety because his wife has not written to him, and he asks Deborah Weston for the reason.
500 $aOn page four of this manuscript, Augustus Hesse begins a new note with the salutation, "Dear friend." Hesse says that they were paid yesterday and that he will send home forty dollars in care of Deborah Weston. The peas that Hesse planted in a box are coming along nicely. They had a grand review and inspection for General Abercrombe. At the bottom of page four, Hesse writes: "Stonewall Jackson is dead---!"
500 $aIncludes an envelope with the delivery address: Miss Deborah Weston, Weymouth Landing, near Boston, Massachusetts.
600 10 $aWeston, Deborah,$db. 1814$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHesse, Augustus,$dd. 1867$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aJackson, Stonewall,$d1824-1863.
650 0 $aAntislavery movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWomen abolitionists$zMassachusetts$zBoston$y19th century$vCorrespondence.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
655 0 $aLetters.
655 0 $aManuscripts.
700 1 $aWeston, Deborah,$db.1814$erecipient.
830 0 $aDeborah Weston Correspondence (1830-1879)
999 $ashots: 6