William H. Barton to Hiram Barton
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Parent Collections - Vermonters in the Civil War
- Barton Family Correspondence
Title - William H. Barton to Hiram Barton
Creator - Barton, William H., b. 1826.
Date Created - 1865-02-12
Description - William Henry Barton (known as Henry) writes of his hope that several specific people in Crown Point would be drafted, though he suspects that one of them, Americus Spaulding, will fake palpitations of the heart to avoid the draft. He also wishes that anyone voting “secesh” would be drafted. As well, he writes of the cold weather and of the visit to Winchester of Elisha Haskell’s wife, who didn’t “like see so many nigers.”
Subject - Draftees.
- Recruiting and enlistment.
Extent - 3 pages
Note [Digital Version] - 2013-03-25, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Genre - correspondence
Type of Resource - text
Publisher - Silver Special Collections, University of Vermont Libraries
Date Captured - 3/25/2013 8:54:51 PM
Access Conditions - Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to Vermont Historical Society Library, library@vermonthistory.org.
Access Conditions [Local] - No Copyright - United States
Identifier [Local] - cwvhsBartonWilliam01
Language - English
Language [Code] - eng
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