Letter to Father and Mother, 1862 May 7

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Title: Letter to Father and Mother, 1862 May 7
Correspondent: Parmenter, Alfred A.
Addressee: Parmenter, Betsy
Parmenter, Horace
Date Created: 1862-05-07
Description: A letter from Alfred Parmenter to his parents sent from Fort Saint Philip located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
Genre: letter
Topical Subject(s): Civil wars
Correspondence
Families
Military life
Soldiers
Geographical Subject(s): Fort St. Philip (La.)
Mississippi River (La.)
Plaquemines Parish (La.)
Lowell (Ms.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Language: eng
Identifier (local): 690.01.11
Extent: 5 pages (includes 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.
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