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Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd, June 7, 1862

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Title	Calvin Shedd letter to wife, S. Augusta Shedd, June 7, 1862
Creator	Shedd, Calvin (1826-1891)
Link to transcription	http://scholar.library.miami.edu/shedd/letters/62jun07.html
Summary	In this short letter Shedd describes the great heat, shipping activity around the island, and his concern over the spread of disease.
Subject	Shedd, Calvin -- Correspondence Shedd, S. Augusta United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 7th. Company A Florida -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Enfield (New Hampshire)
Genre	Correspondence
Date	1862-06-07
Coverage Temporal	1860-1870
Coverage Spatial	Fort Jefferson (Florida)
Physical description	1 letter (2 pages); 1 envelope
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami Libraries. Special Collections
Collection Title	Calvin Shedd Papers
Collection No.	ASM0383
Container	Box No. 1; Folder No. 2; Folder Title: May - Sep 1862
Copyright	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Object ID	asm0383000033
Type	Text

Title	Page 1
Full Text	June 7th PM It is extremely hot there are 8 Teamsters of this Regt going to Key West at work on a R.Road they will have a hot job I think we shall escape the Drill today as it is so hot & the Inspector leaves at Six there was five Cos drilled this AM & we come next. A Boats Crew from Co E went to Loggerhead last night & got 4 Turtles One of them the largest seen for a long time it weighed 375-lbs. the Gunboat Wanderer left here about a week ago suddenly we thought there was something in the wind. She sailed round west of Loggerhead & arrived just in time to see a Steamer
Object ID	asm0383000033
Digital ID	asm03830000330001001

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