Contributed by Freeport Historical Society
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Naval seaman John Monroe Dillingham writes from Boston that he and his friend John Angier Hyde (1843-) have just been drafted on board the U.S. sloop of war Housatonic and that their stations have been assigned. He talks about secessionists.
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About This Item
- Title: Letter written by John M. Dillingham to his mother Margaret, August 22, 1862
- Creator: John Monroe Dillingham
- Creation Date: 1862-08-22
- Subject Date: 1862
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Locations:
- Freeport, Cumberland County, ME
- Boston, Suffolk County, MA
- Media: Paper
- Local Code: 1862-08-22 JMD to MDD letter
- Collection: Dillingham family papers, Coll 135
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Firearms
- Dillingham family
- Military art and science
- Cookery, marine
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Postage stamps
- Friendship
- Dillingham, Margaret Dennison, 1818-1878--Correspondence
- Seccession--Southern States
- Housatonic (sloop of war)
- Dilllingham, John Monroe, 1844-1864--Correspondence
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Freeport Historical Society45 Main Street, Freeport, ME 04032
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