List, Donation - Johnson's Island

 
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List, Donation - Johnson's Island
List, Donation - Johnson's Island
List, Donation - Johnson's Island
List, Donation - Johnson's Island

List, Donation - Johnson's Island

Object number2002.447.42
Dateca 1865
OriginSandusky, Ohio
Mediumpaper and ink
DimensionsOverall: 7 x 9 in. (17.8 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
Terms
  • Letter
DescriptionHandwritten (black ink on white paper with blue lines) letter detailing the articles that were donated to the Confederate prisoners at Johnson's Island.

"List for Johnson's Island near Sandusky City, Ohio

Articles donated by the Frederick Soldier (?) through Miss Howard of Baltimore. To the Mississipians, Louisiannians [sic] and other prisoners from the extreme South at Johnson's Island.

35 clay pipes in box, 15 combs in box, 1 Leghorn hat, 10 neck ties, 1 package pins, 12 pair heavy Army socks, 4 black wool hats, 1 Vol Waverly Magazine, 2 Vol New York Ledgers, New York Heralds, 12 shirt collars, one green box containing 2 packages smoking tobacco, pipe stems, 2 (?) note paper, 3 packages envelopes, 12 pen holders, one backgammon box for Capt. de Clouch(?) from Miss Howard of Baltimore, 1 game of lotto, books to wit, 2 Testaments, History of (?), Divine Life, Psalms & Hymns, Guy's Astronomy, India the Pearl of Pearl River, 2 magazines Yacht Voyage, Memoirs of Capt. Bate, Pictoral (?), Putnam's Magazine, (?) Magazine, 12 shaving soaps, Backgammon (?)"

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