Sharp, Cynthia
Letter from R. M. Blackwell to Thomas Sparrow
Letter from R. M. Blackwell, No. 144 Front Street, New York, to Thomas Sparrow. Blackwell says that he has heard that Sparrow is a prisoner at Governors Island in New York. Blackwell says that at least Sparrow is out of danger and that he wants to write to Sparrow's wife to assure her of his safe return to her. The Civil War correspondence relates the activities of Thomas Sparrow and his Washington Grays from their formation as a volunteer company in April of 1861, until their parole from a Union prison in February, 1862. From the papers of Thomas Sparrow (1819-1884), a lawyer from Washington, N.C. who fought in the Civil War and later represented Beaufort County in the North Carolina General Assembly.
0001-b1-fa
23787
1171
18610910
eng
text
letters
21.2cm x 26.8cm
Sparrow, Thomas, 1819-1884
Correspondence
United States
New York (State)
New York (N.Y.)
United States
History
Civil War, 1861-1865
Prisoners and prisons
United States
New York (State)
Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)
Sparrow, Thomas, 1819-1884
contributor
Blackwell, R. M.
creator
This item has been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. If you are the creator or copyright holder of this item and would like it removed, please contact us at als_digitalcollections@ecu.edu.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Military History
mh
Civil War
cwar
0001
Letter from R. M. Blackwell to Thomas Sparrow
Letter from R. M. Blackwell, No. 144 Front Street, New York, to Thomas Sparrow. Blackwell says that he has heard that Sparrow is a prisoner at Governors Island in New York. Blackwell says that at least Sparrow is out of danger and that he wants to write to Sparrow's wife to assure her of his safe return to her. The Civil War correspondence relates the activities of Thomas Sparrow and his Washington Grays from their formation as a volunteer company in April of 1861, until their parole from a Union prison in February, 1862. From the papers of Thomas Sparrow (1819-1884), a lawyer from Washington, N.C. who fought in the Civil War and later represented Beaufort County in the North Carolina General Assembly.
Blackwell, R. M.
Sparrow, Thomas, 1819-1884--Correspondence
Sparrow, Thomas, 1819-1884
18610910
Text
letters
J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University
eng
23787
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
United States--New York (State)--New York (N.Y.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
United States--New York (State)--Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)
local, filename
23787.0001
64471412
image/tiff
6.0
PRONOM
PUID: fmt/10
little endian
uncompressed
MD5
d4be2b89dfc4054ec700b8ba4ac167aa
ecu:digital_collections
3971
5410
RGB
212
mm
268
mm
20130404
Khazanie, Rita
Epson
Expression
10000XL
Silverfast Ai
v6.6.1r6
object plane
in.
450
1
450
1
8
integer
3
internal
local, filename
23787.0002
66230848
image/tiff
6.0
PRONOM
PUID: fmt/10
little endian
uncompressed
MD5
8fd381257a60c66c03c7e66a2f11d2c3
ecu:digital_collections
4004
5512
RGB
268
mm
212
mm
20130404
Khazanie, Rita
Epson
Expression
10000XL
Silverfast Ai
v6.6.1r6
object plane
in.
450
1
450
1
8
integer
3
internal