Samuel J. Keller to Melvina E. Keller, undated
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Malvina you know I ame proude of you show your selfe to be a woman do not whine around like some women do becaus your husband has gone to fight for his country do the best you can do not let me heare when I return home that you was freting after me if sutch is the case of course keepe it to your selfe / since you wrote to me that you pray for me there has not been a night but before going to sleepe I think to my selfe probaly my dear Malvina at this time is offering up a prayer for me thank the Lorde I have got a good kinde and loving wife and God knows I ame willing to sacrifice even my life for her wellfare
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(2464) | DL0522.123 | 43 | Letters | |
Letter From Captain Samuel J. Keller, 47th Indiana Infantry, Helena, Arkansas, September 22, 1862, to His Wife Malvina E. Keller, Bluffton, Indiana
Tags: Gender Relations, Homesickness, Love
People - Records: 2
- (883) [writer] ~ Keller, Samuel J.
- (884) [recipient] ~ Keller, Melvina E.
Places - Records: 2
- (742) [origination] ~ Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas
- (807) [destination] ~ Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana
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Samuel J. Keller to Melvina E. Keller, undated, DL0522.123, Nau Collection