Letter from Miriam Haley to her husband William, 1865
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Miriam Haley writes to her husband, William Haley, Jr. that it is the second of July and she thinks of William's birthday. She reports that their daughter Elzira is going to a Sabbath School celebration with 8 or 9 other schools in Bridgton for July 4th.
She gives him news about the farm: the hoeing is all done, it was too rainy to cut the grass in the tunket field and a fourth lamb was just born. She has sold 100 pounds of butter for 20 cents a pound and has made two cheeses which she wishes he could taste. "But it is no use to wish." She wonders how she would have got along without her cows.
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- Title: Letter from Miriam Haley to her husband William, 1865
- Creator: Haley, Miriam Pugsley
- Creation Date: 1865-07-02
- Subject Date: 1865-07-02
- Local Name: Convene
- Town: Bridgton, Portland, Sebago
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: pencil on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 24.75 x 19.50
- Local Code: W4.18
- Collection: Haley Family Letters
- Object Type: Text
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Sebago Historical Society
PO Box 59, Sebago, ME 04029
(207) 787-2489
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LC Subject Headings
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Soldiers--Maine
Maine--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865
Haley family
Families--Maine--Sebago
Haley, Miriam Pugsley--Correspondence
Farms--Maine--Sebago
Haley, William H.--Correspondence
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects
Letters
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 30th (1863-1865). Company E
People
Dyer, Nell
Weed, Charles
Douglas, Seth
Haley, Elzira M.
Dyer, William
Dyer, Reuben M.
Dyer, Lizzy L.
Haley, Jr., William
Haley, Miriam Pugsley
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