Letters to Jane F. Schmidt, 1841-1846.

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Miller, John S. Letters to Jane F. Schmidt, 1841-1846.

Letters to Jane F. Schmidt, 1841-1846.

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Miller, Winchester and Strasburg, writes to his future wife in York, Pa. His letters supply details about daily life in the Shenandoah Valley. Topics include his business; militia activities including balls, parades and a review; religion including a sermon on intemperance, and his opinion on the Millerites; a flood of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers; and Mesmerism. Also a brawl between Whigs and Democrats and a fatal stabbing during the election of 1844; the Mexican War; local scandals; and family news including Jane's joining the Lutheran Church, their marriage, the death of his father, birth of their daughter, her ill health and the hiring of a servant.

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