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Letter from E.W. Mudge to his mother, December 17th, 1862 |
This is a letter written by E.W. Mudge to his mother. He details sending money to cover one of his brothers' school expenses, being able to enter cities in the Union without having to pledge an oath, and greetings to the family from a Mrs. Gilman. |
December 17, 1862 |
April 5, 2019 |
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Letter from E.W. Mudge to his mother, brothers, and sisters, March 31st, 1862 |
This is a letter from E.W. Mudge to his mother, brothers, and sisters from Camp Bosworth. Mudge details the frequency with which he receives letters, the food he has eaten for dinner, and his eagerness to meet "the enemy." |
March 31, 1862 |
April 5, 2019 |
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Letter from E.W. Mudge to his mother and sisters, May 1st, 1862 |
This is a letter written by E.W. Mudge to his mother and sisters while camped near Corinth, Mississippi. Mudge details stowing away on a train car to Camp Moore and being confronted by the train conductor without sufficient form of payment. He mentions spending time with a man by the name of Edwards and their happening upon an all girls school at dismissal time, as well as the disappointment the soldiers felt regarind the fall of New Orleans. |
May 1, 1862 |
April 5, 2019 |
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Letter from E.W. Mudge to his mother and sisters, March 9, 1862 |
This is a letter written by E.W. Mudge to his mother and sisters while at Grand Junction, Tennessee. Mudge details General Beauregard missing an appearance in Jackson due to illness, sleeping arrangements, spraining his ankle, and the admirability of his company's mess. He specified they're being lucky for having a coffee pot. |
March 9, 1862 |
April 5, 2019 |
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Letter from E.W. Mudge to his mother and sisters, July 4th, 1862 |
This is a letter written by E.W. Mudge to his mother and sisters. Mudge details the respectability of the people of Tenneessee in his travels across the Confederacy. |
July 4, 1862 |
April 5, 2019 |
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Letter from E.W. Mudge to his family, March 17-18, 1862 |
This is a letter written by E.W. Mudge to his family while at Camp Smith during the Civil War. In it, Mudge details a second hand account of the fall of Fort Donnelson and a Confederate soldier capturing a former schoolmate as a prisoner of war. |
March 18, 1862 |
April 5, 2019 |
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Letter from D. H. Mudge Sr. to Franklin D. Roosevelt |
This is a carbon copy letter from Dick Howard Mudge Senior responding to Franklin D. Roosevelt. During this period Roosevelt was the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New York. In the letter Mudge, a prominent attorney and member of the local Democratic Party, discusses his decision to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Al Smith in the upcoming 1928 election. Optimistic, Mudge predicts Madison County will sway from its Republican voting tendencies to support Smith. Ending the letter, Mudge expresses gratitude for Roosevelt's communication and applauds his speech given in Houston at the 1928 Democratic National Convention. Smith went on to lose the 1928 election to Herbert Hoover and Republicans won the Madison County majority vote. Despite these Democratic loses, Roosevelt was elected governor of New York. |
October 18, 1928 |
January 24, 2018 |
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Letter From Assistant Superintendent of Illinois Approving Renumeration in Madison County |
This letter approves the renumerating of consolidated Madison County Schools in numeric order. |
June 8, 1956 |
February 28, 2017 |
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Letter for fundraising for the 1997 Edwardsville High School Arboretum Project |
This is a letter from Dennis Joyce from the EHS Arboretum Project to Bill Niemietz regarding a potential donation to the project dated May 13, 1997. It details the enthusiasm of the community for the project. |
1997 |
November 15, 2018 |
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Letter Describing 1952 Standard Oil Strike Activities |
This is a letter describing the 1952 Standard Oil Company strike activities. The letter is dated April 29, 1952. It includes a small newspaper clipping titled "Strike-Bound Employes Held Sunday Services." |
4/29/1952 |
November 19, 2018 |
