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Letter, Granville W. Belcher to Mary Caroline Belcher; 10 May 1862

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Identifier	mus.m042.0017
Title	Letter, Granville W. Belcher to Mary Caroline Belcher; 10 May 1862
Description	From the Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters. Granville W. Belcher, a farmer from Martinsville, Henry County, Virginia, served in company F, 57th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Belcher writes to his wife, Mary Caroline, on 10 May 1862 about his health, family, and his officers. 5" x 8"
Creator	Belcher, Granville W.
Date	10 May 1862
Coverage (time period)	May 1862
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 5" x 8" four-page letter.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Notes	A finding aid for this collection is available online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m042.htm
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M042 Belcher (Granville W. and Mary Caroline) Letters.
Source	Box 1, Folder 3
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File extension	JPG
Color space	RGB
Bit depth	24 bit color

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Transcript	May the 10 1862 Dear Mary, I take the pleasure in answering you kind letter of the 23 of April. I was verry glad to here from you. I am in Suffolk. I left my Regment yesterday. I am verry mutch effected with rhumatism, yet I have bin effected with that deseas for the last three months. You may be satisfied that I will not try to stay with my Company when I am not able to carry my napsack. I reckon you will be surprised when you see you brother Wash come home. I wa sorry to see him leave but I could not help it though if I had bin. In my case I would have left Company if I bin drafted the next day because Wash
File name	mus.m042.0017_01.jpg

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