Contributed by Maine Historical Society
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Writing from the 31st Maine Infantry camp near Petersburg, Virginia, 1st Lieutenant John P. Sheahan advised his father in Dennysville to buy a house he was considering in that town -- and to not listen to people in town or seek their advice.
Sheahan tells his father the people in question are not really his friends and stressed how much the family needs a house instead of the "box on the hill," which Sheahan had previously referred to as a "barn."
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About This Item
- Title: Lt. John Sheahan advice to father on buying house, 1864
- Creator: John P. Sheahan
- Creation Date: 1864-06-20
- Subject Date: 1864
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Locations:
- Petersburg, VA
- Dennysville, Washington County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 20.2` cm x 12.5 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 184, Box 1/9
- Collection: John Parris Sheahan papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Families--Maine--Dennysville
- Letters
- Sheahan family
- Sheahan, John Parris, 1844?-1894
- Sheahan, John Parris--Correspondence
- Soldiers--Maine
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- United States. Army. Maine Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 31st (1864-1865)
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