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Bowdlear, Samuel G.

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Samuel G. Bowdlear and Austin C. Wellington Correspondence

 Collection — MS 3929
Call Number: MS 3929
Scope and Contents The correspondence in this collection dates from 1862 to 1865 and contains 106 letters between Samuel Bowdlear and Austin Wellington – 27 from Wellington and 79 from Bowdlear. Samuel Bowdlear’s correspondence documents life in Boston, Massachusetts during the Civil War, such as local sentiment in Boston regarding both national events and local news. The correspondence also provides a picture of the geography of the city during that time, as the letters describe the locations of businesses,...
Dates: 1862-1865