Taylor Letter, 1864

Name/Title

Taylor Letter, 1864

Entry/Object ID

2021.16.26

Tags

1860s, Military, Civil War

Scope and Content

Letter addressed to Otis Taylor from his brother-in-law John Keen. "Mr. Otis Taylor Fowler Trumbull, Co Ohio Hospital Warrenton, vagina April the 5 1869 Deare Brother I will take my pen in hand to in form you that I am _____ well to day and I hope that this few lines will meat you in good helth. Otis Taylors I have goot forty dollers and I dont know wherther to send it by maill around or to express it and Son I wont Send it till I hear from you. I want to send it to you I have goot it in my jacket now to send I am _____ by maill it wont bee safe ma by it would go all right and _____ it _____ _____ doont let the old man now how pay I goot for he wanted me to tell him how I am So by that little peace of land _____ it wont do me any good I have tell him have _____ to by it now but he did _____ it away in dam noncents and if I have goot money to youse it that way I can youse it that way my Self this is all to day ples writ soon as you get it _____ _____ lett me now good by John L Keen Otis Taylor"

Acquisition

Accession

2021.16

Source or Donor

Cover, Dave, Luoma, Leonard

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1864

Location

Location

Container

Civil War

Room

Archives

Building

Morgan History Center

Date

December 15, 2021

Notes

Folder: Letters 1861-1865, 2

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Taylor, Otis, Keen, John L.

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

Fowler Township, Ohio

Research Notes

Research Type

Transcribed