Morris Harrington Civil War Letters
Transcribed from a photocopy of a Letter addressed to “James J. Harrington,
Olcott, Niag. Co., N.Y.” I have left misspellings (particularly “their” for
“there,” “iff” for “if,” ”to” for “too,” “Calvary” for “Cavalry”), but have
inserted punctuation for easier reading. Some words, names, etc. were
illegible in the original. I have made my best guess and inserted notes in
those cases.
Envelope:
3” x 5 ½” with right end torn off
Red, white, blue U.
S. flag on left - 31 stars visible; size approx: 2” x 2”, captioned “Long may
it wave.”(with quotation marks)
J. H. JOHNSON, 70 State st., Chicago
(no
location or date --- looks like a hastily penned note on a scrap of
paper)
“
Give my best respects to all to Ma, Sarah, Mary Ann and any one else
that wishes to hear from me(.) let me know how Ma is every time you write and
also all the news(.) I received 3 or 4 paper and also as many letters with
Pieces cut from Paper(.) I think they had a regular U. S.
Postmark
M.H.”
(reverse side)
“Direct to Morris Harrington
C.O . “(note: looks
like “7th #d N. Y. Cav”
“Neubern, N. C.”)
“tell Asher the Boys are all well
and would like to hear from him”
(there is a scribbled note in the bottom,
right-hand corner)
“this star some of the
got out of Mason Hall at
Hamilton(?)
also gold emblem of the order