Contributed by an individual through Pejepscot History Center
Description
Lydia Jane (Noyes) Bradford of Turner wrote on August 2, 1864 to her sick husband, Philemon A. Bradford, who died "of disease" five days after the letter was written.
Philemon was at the Brattleboro, Vermont, Army Hospital. He enlisted as a private in Co. A, Maine 30th Infantry in 1863 and died August 7, 1864.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Lydia Jane Bradford to husband, Brattleboro Army Hospital, 1864
- Creator: Lydia Jane Bradford
- Creation Date: 1864-08-02
- Subject Date: 1864
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Locations:
- Turner, Androscoggin County, ME
- Brattleboro, VT
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 7.5 cm
- Collection: Private collection
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Bradford, Lydia Noyes--Correspondence
- Bradford, Philemon A.--Correspondence
- Bradford, Philemon A.--Health
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 30th (1864-1865)
- Letters
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