Nickerson, Melville P.,, September 21/24, 1861
Scope and Content
Melville Nickerson, of the 2nd Maine Infantry, wrote a long letter to his sister on September 21, 1861. He starts off the letter saying it will be a long letter, and then on September 24th he adds that he had not had a chance to write again because he was on duty and the rest of the letter is added on then. He has been working on cutting down trees so they have better range with their guns. The letter is written with an old fashioned quill pen. He describes some of the other letters he has received. He also talks about his travel through Boston. Transcript included.
Dates
- Creation: September 21/24, 1861
Creator
- From the Collection: Gerry, C. E. (Person)
- From the Collection: Dixon, William D. (Person)
- From the Collection: Davis, George E. (Person)
- From the Collection: Cole, Luther (Person)
- From the Collection: Cole, Henry (Person)
- From the Collection: Baskin, J. T. (Person)
- From the Collection: Nickerson, Melville P. (Person)
- From the Collection: Rappleyea, Jeremiah C. (Person)
- From the Collection: Turrill, Reuben (Person)
- From the Collection: Stewart, Peter (Person)
- From the Collection: Van Fleet, Abraham (Person)
- From the Collection: Miller, Henry (Person)
- From the Collection: Penman, Abraham (Person)
- From the Collection: Gregory, W. B. (William Bartleman?), 1829-1887 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lukens, Franklin B. (Company E, 3rd Regiment, New Jersey Infantry) (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Melville P. Nickerson served in the 2nd Regiment, Maine Infantry.
Full Extent
From the Collection: 0.3 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu