Alonzo G. Conant papers

Folder Info

Title:
Alonzo G. Conant papers
Date:
1861
Creator:
Conant, Alonzo G.
Description:
Letter to Julia L. Cutler written during Conant's boat trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The author comments on the countryside; religion; Union camp life and habits; Confederate pride; his personal relationship with Miss Cutler; and a meeting between Confederate Colonel Benjamin Humphries and Union General Charles Pomeroy Stone. Conant also mentions "Union rebels" and their slaves on the Maryland shore.
Location:
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Md. and Washington, D.C.)
Subject:
Format:
correspondence
Language:
English
Extent:
1 item
Digital Collection:
Alonzo G. Conant papers
Catalog Record:
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE001530412
Provenance:
Purchase 1979
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Identifier:
  • RL.30595
  • 001530412
  • duke:620665
  • secst0594
  • ark:/87924/r4c828c45
  • 83bca8de-15e4-466c-a763-1fe90ed8addc
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