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Box 3

 Container

Contains 52 Results:

Cyrus D. Curtis to Mother and Lucy, Big Shanty (Kennesaw?), c.August 1, 1864

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 259
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Curtis papers include about 275 letters written between Homer and his family in Connecticut and Illinois. Approximately 60% of the correspondence is from Homer to his mother and sisters. He writes extensively of camp life, politics, the progress of the war, and difficulties at home. The letters from home provide an intimate portrait of everyday struggles and engagement with the larger news of the day in the 1860s.

Dates: c.August 1, 1864

Correspondents Unknown, March 1, 1875

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 260
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Curtis papers include about 275 letters written between Homer and his family in Connecticut and Illinois. Approximately 60% of the correspondence is from Homer to his mother and sisters. He writes extensively of camp life, politics, the progress of the war, and difficulties at home. The letters from home provide an intimate portrait of everyday struggles and engagement with the larger news of the day in the 1860s.

Dates: March 1, 1875