Samuel Hiatt letters 1860-1865 1860-1862 Hiatt, Samuel letters

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Samuel Hiatt letters 1860-1865 1860-1862 Hiatt, Samuel letters

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This collection is comprised of 6 letters (21 pages) that Samuel Hiatt of Snow Hill, Indiana, wrote to his parents between 1860 and 1865. Hiatt commented extensively on the effects of the Civil War, as well as on local news and his family's health.

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William L. Clements Library

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Hiatt, Samuel, ca. 1805-1866

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Hiatt family

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Samuel Hiatt was born in Virginia around 1805. By 1850, he and his wife Mary had moved to Clinton County, Ohio, where Samuel worked as a merchant. After 1860, they lived in Snow Hill, Indiana. Samuel and Mary Hiatt had at least four children: David, Christopher, Americus (or America), and Alonzo. Samuel Hiatt died in March 1866. From the guide to the Samuel Hiatt letters, Hiatt, Samuel letters, 1860-1865, 1860-1862, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan) ...

Brown, John, 1800-1859

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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...