[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, August 1863] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, August 1863]
  • Series Title The David W. Fentress Family Letters, 1856-1969

Creator

  • Author: Fentress, David
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Correspondent: Fentress, Clara
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Donor: Webb, David
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Collection donated in 1976

Date

  • Creation: {1863-08-15,1863-08-17..1863-08-18}

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara in which he writes about having fevers and waiting for his box of medicines to arrive. His slave, Al, is sick, so he is having to wait upon the sick,feed his own horses, and do his own cooking. He argues that the losses at Vicksburg, Charleston, or Richmond do not mean that the South is conquered. He says that the North has an advantage with gun boats. He also writes about family, the health of family and friends. He talks about fabric for new pants and vest. He has new orders to move to Pine Bluff.
  • Physical Description: [4]p.; h 25 x w 38 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Correspondence
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - Civil War
  • Named Person: Berry, William
  • Named Person: Berry, Tom
  • Keyword: fevers
  • Named Person: Porter, Captain
  • Keyword: yankees
  • Keyword: gun boat
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Slavery
  • Named Person: Fentress, Jimmie
  • Named Person: Fentress, Kate
  • Named Person: Fentress, Candice
  • Named Person: Sloan, Mrs.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Fentress family -- Archives.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Time Period: civ-war
  • Coverage Date: 1863~
  • Place Name: United States - Mississippi - Warren County - Vicksburg
  • Place Name: United States - South Carolina - Charleston County - Charleston
  • Place Name: United States - Virginia - Richmond Independent City - Richmond
  • Place Name: United States - Arkansas - Jefferson County - Pine Bluff

Relation

  • [Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, August 1863] DWF_oversized_94-043 , ark:/67531/metapth182735

Collection

  • Name: The Civil War and its Aftermath: Diverse Perspectives
    Code: CWADP

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Special Collections
    Code: UNTA

Resource Type

  • Letter

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Call Number: HM.4
  • OCLC: 29439240
  • UNT Catalog No.: b1043784
  • Accession or Local Control No: DWF_oversized_94-043
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth160332

Note

  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: CS creationHardware: Epson Expression 10000XL
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