Biographical data on Edward R. Perkins and the Perkins family, 1833, 1862, 1910.

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Biographical data on Edward R. Perkins and the Perkins family, 1833, 1862, 1910.

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Four letters (1862) from Perkins, with Co. D., Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Regiment, to his parents. They describe his first battle at Mill Springs, Kentucky (Jan. 21, Jan. 22, Feb. 5) and the battle of Corinth (Aug. 22). The Jan. 21 letter is written on the back of a Confederate proclamation dated Jan. 6, 1862 which attempts to persuade Kentuckians to stay out of the war. There is also an 1833 letter containing family data; a land patent issued to Ovid Pinney for land in Franconia Township, Chisago County, Minnesota (1855), and Mrs. Edward R. Perkins' calling card annotated with a June 10, 1910 thank you for memorial flowers.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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