Letter written by John M. Dillingham to his mother Margaret, August 22, 1862
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Naval seaman John Monroe Dillingham writes from Boston that he and his friend John Angier Hyde (1843-) have just been drafted on board the U.S. sloop of war Housatonic and that their stations have been assigned. He talks about secessionists.
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- Title: Letter written by John M. Dillingham to his mother Margaret, August 22, 1862
- Creator: Dillingham, John Monroe
- Creation Date: 1862-08-22
- Subject Date: 1862
- Town: Boston, Freeport
- County: Cumberland, Suffolk
- State: MA, ME
- Media: paper
- Local Code: 1862-08-22 JMD to MDD letter
- Collection: Dillingham family papers, Coll 135
- Object Type: Text
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Freeport Historical Society
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LC Subject Headings
Dilllingham, John Monroe, 1844-1864--Correspondence
Housatonic (sloop of war)
Seccession--Southern States
Dillingham, Margaret Dennison, 1818-1878--Correspondence
Firearms
Dillingham family
Military art and science
Cookery, marine
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Postage stamps
Friendship
People
Dillingham, John M.
Dillingham, Margaret D.
Hyde, John A.
Other Keywords
Civil War
Dennison family
Dillingham family
Freeport (ME)
Seafaring life
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