Letter : to his wife, 1864 May 19.

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Letter : to his wife, 1864 May 19.

Holograph letter written at his camp in the field.

1 item (1 leaf) ; 20 cm.

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Burnham, Hiram, 1814-1864

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Hiram Burnham was born in Narraguagus, later Cherryfield, Maine, in 1814. He formed and led a militia company as its captain in the Aroostook War of 1839. He subsequently worked as a lumberman and owned a sawmill. Active in local politics, he held public office as a county commissioner and a coroner. Burnham is described as a burly man with a strong voice, able to make himself heard on a battlefield. He was born in Machias, Maine the son of John & Elizabeth (Libby) Burnham. He moved to Cherryfie...

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