Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letters: Elias Hersey to Susan Hersey Richards, 1814 November-December
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: MSN/EA 0510-20
Scope and Contents
In a letter of 24 November Elias explains his move from Portland, Maine to Sandwich, New Hampshire, was a result of "the cursed war" [War of 1812]. He is concerned there is a "great lack of society" to help pass the winter months, but remarks he has found country life completely the reverse of his expectations of "dull, lonesome, and disagreeable."
Dates:
1814 November-December