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This collection consists of 10 dated letters and one undated letter fragment, all written by either Samuel Epes Turner or Clarinda (“Clara”) Turner of Baltimore, Maryland, to their cousins Mary Holyoke (Ward) Nichols and Mehitable Ward of Salem, Massachusetts, between April 29, 1861, and January 13, 1865.

The letters include the Turners’ firsthand impressions of Baltimore’s historic anti-Union riot of April 19, 1861; reflections on other events of the Civil War, local, regional, and national; statements of their own pro-Union and abolitionist views; responses to the secessionist sentiment prevalent within the city; and discussions of family matters, finances, church business, mutual acquaintances, etc.

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Collection Size

.27 cubic feet

Publication Date

January 2012

Keywords

Civil War, Union, abolitionists, Baltimore riots, Civil War correspondence, 6th Massachusetts

Disciplines

History | Military History | Social History | United States History

Document Type

Finding Aid

MS-125: Samuel E. and Clara Turner Papers, 1861-1865

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