Matlack family letters to Samuel J. Matlack 1862-1865

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Matlack family letters to Samuel J. Matlack 1862-1865

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This collection consists of seventeen letters written by members of the Matlack family in Philadelphia to Samuel J. Matlack while he was serving in the Union Navy aboard the USS , a gunboat in the blockading squadron off the coast of South Carolina, during the American Civil War, from 1862-1865. Wissahickon

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Matlack, Mason, ca. 1824-1868

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United States. Navy

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Murray, Mason M.

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Massachusetts (Steamer)

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Wissahickon (Gunboat)

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Matlack, Lewis J., 1842-1909

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Matlack, Clemmie, b. 1844

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Matlack, Matilda E., ca. 1808-1894

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Matlack, Samuel J., 1845-1898

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Matlack family.

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Philadelphian Samuel J. Matlack (1845-1898) served as a sailor aboard the USS Wissahickon during the American Civil War. Family members in Philadelphia--including his father, mother, sisters, brothers, and a relative--sent letters to Samuel J. Matlack, who served on the Wissahickon for the duration of the war. His family's letters, which span the period 1862-1865, were delivered via the steamer supply ship USS Massachusetts and addressed to M...

Murray, Mason M., correspondent.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...