Letter to Father and Mother, 1862 May 1-2

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Title: Letter to Father and Mother, 1862 May 1-2
Correspondent: Parmenter, Alfred A.
Addressee: Parmenter, Horace
Parmenter, Betsy
Date Created: 1862-05-01
Description: A letter from Alfred A. Parmenter to his father and mother sent from Quarentine [sic] Station, located below New Orleans. Alfred mentions that he will be sending shells in the last part of his letter, his post script mentions that: "Those shells in a paper came from Tortugas-Alf." Includes transcript of the correspondence.
Genre: letter
Topical Subject(s): Civil wars
Correspondence
Families
Military life
Soldiers
Geographical Subject(s): [Dry Tortugas (Fl.)]
New Orleans (La.)
Plaquemines Parish (La.)
Lowell (Ma.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Language: eng
Identifier (local): 690.01.10
Extent: 16 pages (includes transcript and front and back of envelope)
Type of Resource: text
Source: Alfred A. Parmenter Papers, Manuscripts Collection 690, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Finding Aid: https://archives.tulane.edu/repositories/3/resources/954
Physical Location: Tulane University: Louisiana Research Collection
Institution Website: https://library.tulane.edu/tusc
Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Contact Information: specialcollections@tulane.edu