Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
John Neal, Portland writer, arts critic and civic activist, wrote to writer and public speaker Elizabeth Oakes Smith, a native of Maine, about his son and Oakes Smith's children. Both had sons who joined Col. William Walker's expeditions into Nicaragua in 1856.
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About This Item
- Title: John Neal letter to Elizabeth Oakes Smith, 1856
- Creator: John Neal
- Creation Date: 1856-09-09
- Subject Date: 1856
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Nicaragua
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. S-1919, Misc. Box 91/2
- Collection: John Neal correspondence
- Object Type: Text
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- Children
- Letters
- Neal, John, 1793-1876--Correspondence
- Smith, Eliabeth Oakes--Correspondence
- Walker, William, 1824-1860
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