Letter from Charlie Hall on board the steamer "Florida," to his grandmother, Elizabeth Cooke, probably in Wallingford Connecticut.
In the letter Charlie describes his voyage home to Portland, Alabama, probably after visiting his family in Connecticut. He discusses seasickness; a whale spotted while sailing along the coast of South Carolina; the flag over Fort Sumter "which we could see with the naked eye, to be the Souther...
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Alabama documents Letter from Charlie Hall on board the steamer "Florida," to his grandmother, Elizabeth Cooke, probably in Wallingford Connecticut. |
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Alabama documents Cooke, Elizabeth; Hall, Charles Dibblee, d. 1881; South Carolina--Description and travel; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects |
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In the letter Charlie describes his voyage home to Portland, Alabama, probably after visiting his family in Connecticut. He discusses seasickness; a whale spotted while sailing along the coast of South Carolina; the flag over Fort Sumter "which we could see with the naked eye, to be the Southern Confedracy's [sic] Flag"; and his younger brother's recent vaccination. The letter is written on stationery picturing the Confederate national flag. A transcription is included. |
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Q0000038620 - Q0000038621Q38620 - Q38621Letter from Charlie Hall on board the steamer "Florida," to his grandmother, Elizabeth Cooke, probably in Wallingford Connecticut.In the letter Charlie describes his voyage home to Portland, Alabama, probably after visiting his family in Connecticut. He discusses seasickness; a whale spotted while sailing along the coast of South Carolina; the flag over Fort Sumter "which we could see with the naked eye, to be the Southern Confedracy's [sic] Flag"; and his younger brother's recent vaccination. The letter is written on stationery picturing the Confederate national flag. A transcription is included.1861 April 171861-04-171860-1869Cooke, Elizabeth; Hall, Charles Dibblee, d. 1881; South Carolina--Description and travel; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspectsTextCorrespondenceHall, Alexander K.Alexander K. Hall family papersLPR58v1969Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/4250 |
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Letter from Charlie Hall on board the steamer "Florida," to his grandmother, Elizabeth Cooke, probably in Wallingford Connecticut. |
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Letter from Charlie Hall on board the steamer "Florida," to his grandmother, Elizabeth Cooke, probably in Wallingford Connecticut. |
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