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This letter, written by Mary E. B. from West Acton, Massachusetts, was addressed to her cousin Sarah Brown, daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence, Kansas. Mary expressed her thankfulness that the Brown family was safe following the attack on Lawrence and the anxiety she and other family members felt reading national accounts of it. Mary added to her letter the following week, again mentioning the "desolation and destruction abroad in our beloved country." She also briefly mentioned political conflict with Japan.
Creator: B., Mary E.
Date: August 31, 1863-September 5, 1863
Item Number: 220190
Call Number: John Stillman Brown Coll. #300, Box 2, Correspondence 1863
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220190
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John Stillman
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Military - Wars - Civil War
Military - Wars - Civil War - Quantrill's raid
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - International - Japan
Places - Other States - California - San Francisco
Places - Other States - Massachusetts
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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