Sarah Emma Edmonds papers, 1882-1897

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Sarah Emma Edmonds papers, 1882-1897

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Miscellaneous items regarding service of Sarah E.E. Seelye (alias Frank Thompson) in Company F, 2nd Michigan Infantry.

0.2 linear ft. (1 wallet)

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)

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Edmonds, Sarah Emma, 1841-1898

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Born in 1841 in New Brunswick, then a British colony, Edmonds grew up with her sisters on their family's farm near Magaguadavic Lake, not far from the border with the State of Maine. Edmonds fled home at age fifteen to escape an arranged marriage and the abuse of her father, who wanted a son instead of a daughter. Aided by her mother, who herself married young, Edmonds escaped the marriage and ultimately adopted the guise of Franklin Thompson to travel easier. A male disguise allowed Edmonds to ...