Title: Hannah and Peter Newton to Mathias Embry

Identifier: 1421-s2-b1-fb-i4   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/65918)

Description: Correspondence from an aunt and uncle of Mathias Embry in which the experiences of non-combatants in the war is detailed. The price of goods and influx of immigrants during wartime is discussed, along with the Newton’s presence in Canada, and the encouragement of Embry to join them. News that Private Charles Newton, a Black soldier in the Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, Company C and likely relative of Embry’s, died is also shared.