John Posey to Mathias Embry


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(No name, no date)

I want you to know that I have not got any letters you or your mother since the 10th of March more than that I have not had more than 4 letters from the whole family, I think it is the height of contempt. I will give you one month more to write and if you do not when I write and tell you how things is you will write tell all the friends to write






and when you write to my dear mother, tell her I am well and doing

(end of letter)


Title
John Posey to Mathias Embry
Description
Undated correspondence from John Posey to his cousin Mathias Embry in which he expresses his frustration at the lack of letters from home. Posey (1842?-1864) was a 22-year-old Black farmer from Vincennes, Indiana who enlisted as a Private the newly formed, all-black 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, Company D and died in the Battle of Honey Hill November 30, 1864. Includes envelope and transcript. - 1863/1864
Extent
10.3cm x 12.4cm
Local Identifier
1421-s1-b1-fa-i9
Location of Original
East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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