Folder 5
Container
Contains 3 Results:
in Rascoe to Sister [Eliza], 1854 May 28
File — Folder: 5, item: 1
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents Note
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.
Dates:
1854 May 28
[B.] N. Lanphear in North Hartland to his father, 1859 October 29
File — Folder: 5, item: 2
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents Note
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.
Dates:
1859 October 29
Levi Lanphear in Sumter, Minn., to Eliza Shattuck, 1872 July 7
File — Folder: 5, item: 3
Identifier: IV
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...
Dates:
1872 July 7