Daniel Patterson to Mary Baker Eddy, May 1, 1862

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L16247

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Author:

Daniel Patterson

Recipient:

Mary Baker Eddy

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Unknown

Date:

May 1, 1862

Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Daniel Patterson on lined paper from Richmond, Virginia.

Archival Note: This letter includes a notation in unknown handwriting. The top left corner of the first page of this letter has been cut out.

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May 1 1862As Written:62
Richmond PrisonEditorial Note: Most likely Libby Prison; a tobacco factory located in Richmond, Virginia, that became a Confederate prison in March 1862 during the American Civil War. .

Dearest May –

I shall have an opportunity to send this by some prisoners of war that are to be sent home in a day or two there is one New HampshireAs Written:NH man among them I shall send by him; I have written you twice the last on the 19th instantAs Written:inst,Editorial Note: This letter is not extant. contained ten dollarsEditorial Note: $10.00 in 1862 is the equivalent of $256.25 in 2020. whichAs Written:wh I think you probably received I have found a Mr Albert Abbott here who once lived in ConcordEditorial Note: Concord, New Hampshire and knew your Father he is a very fine man, I like him much he seems As Written: seemes like an old friend in this prison house My health has been very poor since I came here but I am gaining in that respect am much better than I was the first 3 weeks, in which I had a constant diarrhea As Written: diarrhoea and cough but the first is well and the last better, it rains about half the time here I have intense anxiety about you but that is all l can do for you but it is of God and we must not repine at his chastisement for it is done in love and mercy, I have heard nothing [*]Gap: word.Reason: page cut. you and do not expect to while I remain a prisoner [*]Gap: word.Reason: page cut. would like for you to write once and direct it here [*]Gap: letters.Reason: page cut.ay of Fortress MunroeEditorial Note: Fort Monroe is a military installation located in Hampton, Virginia, on a peninsula overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only federal military installation in the Upper South to remain under United States control throughout the American Civil War. to me a prisoner of war in [*]Gap: word.Reason: page cut. of Genl Winder. write only one page as that is all that is [*]Gap: letters.Reason: page cut.wed to pass and that must not be sealed.

Yours affectionatelyAs Written:aftly

D, Patterson

⇉ Handshift:UnknownIf you want to know of your friend
Direct to
G Goldsmith
Ozaukee
WisconsinAs Written:Wis.

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May 1 62Expanded:1862
Richmond PrisonEditorial Note: Most likely Libby Prison; a tobacco factory located in Richmond, Virginia, that became a Confederate prison in March 1862 during the American Civil War. Ap l.

Dearest May –

I shall have an opportunity to send this by some prisoners of war that are to be sent home in a day or two there is one NHExpanded:New Hampshire man among them I shall send by him; I have written you twice the last on the 19th [?] Unclear or illegible inst,Expanded:instantEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. contained ten dollarsEditorial Note: $10.00 in 1862 is the equivalent of $256.25 in 2020. whExpanded:which I think you probably received I have found a Mr Albert Abbott here who once lived in ConcordEditorial Note: Concord, New Hampshire and knew your Father he is a very fine man, I like him much he seemes Corrected: seems like an old friend in this prison house My health has been very poor since I came here but I am gaining in that respect am much better than I was the first 3 weeks, in which I had a constant diarrhoea Corrected: diarrhea and cough but the first is well and the last better, it rains about half the time here I have intense anxiety about you but that is all l can do for you but it is of God and we must not repine at his chastisement for it is done in love and mercy, I have heard nothing [*]Gap: word.Reason: page cut. you and do not expect to while I remain a prisoner [*]Gap: word.Reason: page cut. would like for you to write once and direct it here [*]Gap: letters.Reason: page cut.ay of Fortress MunroeEditorial Note: Fort Monroe is a military installation located in Hampton, Virginia, on a peninsula overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only federal military installation in the Upper South to remain under United States control throughout the American Civil War. to me a prisoner of war in [*]Gap: word.Reason: page cut. of Genl Winder. write only one page as that is all that is [*]Gap: letters.Reason: page cut.wed to pass and that must not be sealed.

Yours aftlyExpanded:affectionately

D, Patterson

⇉ Handshift:UnknownIf you want to know of your friend
Direct to
G Goldsmith
Ozaukee
Wis.Expanded:Wisconsin

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Most likely Libby Prison; a tobacco factory located in Richmond, Virginia, that became a Confederate prison in March 1862 during the American Civil War. This letter is not extant. $10.00 in 1862 is the equivalent of $256.25 in 2020. Concord, New Hampshire Fort Monroe is a military installation located in Hampton, Virginia, on a peninsula overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. It was the only federal military installation in the Upper South to remain under United States control throughout the American Civil War.