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Correspondence sent by Thomas Lincoln Casey to General Silas Casey and Abby Pearce Casey

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Collection Type

  • Manuscripts

Date

1847-1867

Location Note

Folders 102.1-102.22

GUSN

GUSN-297240

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Description

Subseries F, Correspondence sent by Thomas Lincoln Casey to General Silas Casey and Abby Pearce Casey, 1847-1867, contains letters sent by Thomas Lincoln Casey to his parents General Silas Casey and Abby Pearce Casey. The letters sent by Casey to his parents were collected by Casey in two series along with occasional letters from Silas Casey. This correspondence series begins prior to Thomas Lincoln Casey's acceptance to West Point, and continues from West Point (1848-1852 while he was a student and 1854-1859 while he was an assistant professor of Civil and Military Engineering), from Washington Territory 1859-1861, and from Portland, Maine, 1862-1867.

Details

Collection Code

MS008

Collection Name

Casey family papers

Reference Code

MS008.22.06

Record Details

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Sub-series

Location Note

Folders 102.1-102.22

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