Hale Wesson papers, 1861-1864 [microform].

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Hale Wesson papers, 1861-1864 [microform].

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The collection consists of a microfilm copy of the papers of Hale Wesson, 1861 to 1864. The collection contains approximately 64 letters from Hale, James, and Edward Wesson to their parents and to each other, November 3, 1861-December 18, 1864. Most of the letters are by Hale. Almost all of the letters from the brothers are written to their father. There is also one letter to Calvin Wesson from one George R. Brown, evidently a friend of the Wesson boys, who was also serving in a Massachusetts regiment near New Bern. There is one letter from Alonzo to his father, and one from Hale to his young brother Gilbert at home (January 20, 1864) in which he encourages Gilbert to do well in his studies. The collection also includes a furlough issued to Hale in 1863; a pass issued to him in March 1865; 2 photographs of an unidentified man, probably one of the Wessons; and 4 scraps of paper giving the dates of Hale's birth, marriage, and death, and the names and birth dates of 3 children; 2 scraps--perhaps from a diary--mentioning Hale's marriage to "Jennie" Bancroft and the birth of their son, Paul Bancroft Wesson.

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