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Preferred Citation

Letter from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Robie A. Phiney, Cazenovia, New York, 1862 March 09, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Barranger & Company, Inc., 2019.

Scope and Contents

Four page letter from an unnamed author to her sister. In it, she references family or friends who are under orders to march, anticipating a battle soon as a result. She also references the battle at Fort Donelson. Other portions of her letter refer to visits and communication with mutually known individuals, a literary club begun by women in her area in which she participates, and her dismay at the notion that her sister wants to buy wine glasses as she prefers her sibling to be a temperance woman as she remains.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• American Civil War, 1861-1865
• Barranger & Company, Inc.
• Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
• Temperance--History--19th century