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Otter, William. Letters, 1864.

Title: Letters, 1864.

Four letters, written in February and October, 1864, by Private William Otter, Co. D, 1st Wisconsin Cavalry, to his sister. He describes the wounds suffered in battle, the lack of rations, rumors about the war circulating through camp, and writes poetically about the coming of peace. Otter's unit was in Tennessee at the time the letters were written.

ArchivalResource: 0.1 c.f.

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Otter, William. Letter of Midshipman William Otter written while serving aboard HMS Iris, Sydney, 1858 Sept. 7 [manuscript].

Title: Letter of Midshipman William Otter written while serving aboard HMS Iris, Sydney, 1858 Sept. 7 [manuscript]. [1858]

MS Acc10.156 comprises the handwritten letter dated 7 September 1858 from Midshipman William Otter written while serving aboard HMS Iris in Sydney, to his father, Archdeacon Otter, in England. Otter describes the voyage with good details of cruising to various Pacific islands including Norfolk Island, Isle of Pines and Tanna for "reprisals against the natives", followed by his arrival in Sydney Harbour on 6 September 1858. Ten pages on two different types of notepaper with ink bleedthrough, reducing legibility (1 packet).

ArchivalResource: 0.03 m. (1 packet)

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Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834. Autograph letter signed : "St. Catherine's near Bath," to William Otter, 1830 June 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed : "St. Catherine's near Bath," to William Otter, 1830 June 22.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

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