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Mary writes that Frank has only a little over four months left in the hospital. She notes the price of goods in Baltimore and tells of recent purchases there. She asks about mutual acquaintances, wondering who has been killed.

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On her birthday, Mary writes that she received a picture of her sister and insists that it does not look like her. She notes that she is alone now since Frank left for Fort Fisher. She offers to send for her sister if she will agree to come to Baltimore.

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Mary writes that there are few patients in the hospital and states that, if it should close, Frank will get sent back to his regiment. If that happens, she says that she will go live with her mother-in-law in Maine. She writes that Frank bought her a new bonnet and that he will buy her a new dress on payday. She writes that they have had their picture made and that she has an album of many of the soldiers in the hospital.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Lanphear Family Letters, 1854-1872, consists of four series. The first, entitled Series I. Ruebn Lanphear, contains ten items from Ruebn to his daughter, Eliza, and his sister and brother. These letters span the entire length of the war, from 1861-1865. Most concern Ruebn's struggle with illness and his effort to obtain a military discharge. He also writes of camp life and of the Indian problems of Minnesota.The second series, Series II. George Lanphear, consists of 24...

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This unidentified person writes about a recent bought with the measles. He or she writes about moving throughout the mid-west and attempts to talk members of the family in coming west with them.

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B. N. writes that he wished that he could come west, but that circumstances, which he describes, will not allow it. Also, he wants Father to tell George to write as soon as possible.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Lanphear Family Letters, 1854-1872, consists of four series. The first, entitled Series I. Ruebn Lanphear, contains ten items from Ruebn to his daughter, Eliza, and his sister and brother. These letters span the entire length of the war, from 1861-1865. Most concern Ruebn's struggle with illness and his effort to obtain a military discharge. He also writes of camp life and of the Indian problems of Minnesota.The second series, Series II. George Lanphear, consists of 24...