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John Whitmer letters received

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1224
Scope and Contents

Collection contains two letters and a postcard received by John Whitmer and his family. The letters focus on family news, including a letter from Alexander Whitmer complaining of the conditions of the Union Army during the Civil War, a letter from David P. Whitmer lamenting the death of his child, Harry G. Whitmer, and a postcard announces the birth of a baby boy to members of the Whitmer family in 1916.

Dates: 1864-1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / John Whitmer letters received

Alexander Whitmer letter to John Whitmer, 1864 October 4

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1224 Item 1
Dates: 1864 October 4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1224, John Whitmer letters received

David P. Whitmer letter to John Whitmer, 1872 December 6

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1224 Item 2
Dates: 1872 December 6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1224, John Whitmer letters received

H. E. Whitmer postcard to Mrs. S. E. Kerr, 1916

 Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1224 Item 3
Dates: 1916
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1224, John Whitmer letters received

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