Elizabeth Wiltse correspondence
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; City Point Hospital (Hopewell, Va.); Harewood Hospital (Washington, D.C.); History
Description: ALS (1864 July 19; City Point, Va.) written by Richard Maginnis from City Point Hospital where he was serving as a nurse, to his sister Elizabeth Wiltse in Prattsville, Greene County, N.Y., describing hearing cannons from Petersburg, Va.; ALS (1865 April 28; Washington, D.C.) written by James Wiltse from Harewood Hospital to his wife Elizabeth in Prattsville, describing a visit from their son Charles, also a soldier, and mentioning the death of John Wilkes Booth.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Daniel Strauss, 2003.

Resident of Prattsville, Greene County, N.Y.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.