Correspondence. 1861-1897.

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Correspondence. 1861-1897.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122561537

Correspondence while serving in the 9th New York Militia and 1st and 2d U.S. Sharpshooters, and as aide-de-camp to Gen Birney. Several soldiers' letters sent under congressional franks. Correspondence with Amanda Harris, sent under her father's frank. Three letters from Alexander Shaler; one letter from Truman Seymour referring to imprisonment in Macon, Ga.

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New Hampshire Newspaper Project

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New Hampshire Newspaper Project

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Harris, Amanda

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Seymour, Truman, 1824-1891

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Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864

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Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves. In 1835, the family moved to Cincinnati, where the father published an anti-slavery newspaper. Following numerous threats from pro-slavery mobs, the family moved again to Michigan, and finally to Philadelphia. Following his graduation from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, David Birney entered business, st...