Two 1865 Union Letters

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004

A 3-1/3 page letter datelined February 8, 1865, Naugatuck, CT., 8" x 5", Extremely Fine. From "Father" to "C", in part: "What are you & the rest of the White House gentry doing in these times, thru your eagerness, down there, for Peace? We believe in war for the Rebels, & hope you will not get beside yourselves & find yourselves duped by them, as they are up to all sorts of tricks. Suggest it in a whisper to the President...." A second letter was written in May 1865, Brewster Place, Norwich, Conn., and composed of ten pages folded from two larger sheets into 6" x 3.75", from Salina A. Waterson to Pvt. Herbert Daniels of the 7th R.I. Much personal news, plus: "Everybody around here is Copperheads, & are glad President Lincoln is dead. I don't like them and won't talk to them...." Very Fine. Accompanied by the transmittal envelope, which is soiled and missing the flap, with minor paper loss at lower edge. (3 items)

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