Elizabeth Wiltse correspondence, 1864-1865.
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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.