Wiltse, Elizabeth, 1822-1895.

Elizabeth Wiltse correspondence, 1864-1865. - 2 items.

Open to research.

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.


Resident of Prattsville, Greene County, N.Y.


Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865.
Maginnis, Richard, 1819 or 1820- --Correspondence.
Wiltse, Charles, 1847-
Wiltse, James Van Slyke, 1822-1909 --Correspondence.


City Point Hospital (Hopewell, Va.)
Harewood Hospital (Washington, D.C.)


Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.