Richard Realf letters and poems, 1864-1865.

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Richard Realf letters and poems, 1864-1865.

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Twenty-two letters from Richard Realf to Laura B. Merritt and her sister Marian Merritt Cramer of Chicago, written while in active service in the Civil War as a soldier in the Illinois Eighty-eighth Volunteer Infantry, organized at Chicago in 1862.

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Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Cramer, Marian M.

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Merritt family.

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 88th (1862-1865)

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Dawson, Mitchell, 1890-1956.

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Chicago lawyer, poet, and author. Mitchell Dawson was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 13, 1890. Dawson graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1913. He eventually joined his father's successful law firm and continued to practice law until two years before his death in 1956. Alongside his legal work, Dawson pursued a career in writing, in which he achieved varying levels of success. It was during a stint in the Army Intelligence...

Realf, Richard, 1834-1878

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Poet, lecturer, abolitionist, and soldier. From the description of Richard Realf collection, 1857-1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982432 Realf was a poet, dramatist, abolitionist, and soldier. From the description of Richard Realf selected documents [microform], 1850-1905. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 62121862 Abolitionist and poet. From the description of Richard Realf letters and poems, 1864-1865. (Newberry ...