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Letter, 1861 July 21, George Bouton, Yorktown, Virginia, to Mollie Bouton

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dc.contributor.author Bouton, George, 1817-1891
dc.date.accessioned 2013-12-04T12:53:49Z
dc.date.available 2013-12-04T12:53:49Z
dc.date.issued 1861-07-21 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Letter, George Bouton, Yorktown, [Virginia], to Mollie Bouton, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10288/18882
dc.description.abstract Letter from Captain George Bouton to his seven-year-old daughter Mollie from Yorktown, Virginia during the American Civil War. He describes the condition of Yorktown as "an old and dilapidated town", General Daniel Harvey Hill as a commander, describing some of the local families in Yorktown including the Fry family, and having a "free Negro from Madison County for a servant, a very indifferent cook & indifferent servant [in] everyday." en_US
dc.description.abstract George Bouton (ca. 1817–1891), captain in the 34th Virginia Infantry. en_US
dc.format.extent 1 leaf : 4 pages en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Yorktown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
dc.subject.lcsh Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889
dc.subject.lcsh Soldiers' writings, American
dc.subject.other Bouton, George, 1817-1891--Correspondence
dc.title Letter, 1861 July 21, George Bouton, Yorktown, Virginia, to Mollie Bouton en_US
dc.type Text en_US
dc.type.genre Letters (correspondence) en_US
dc.contributor.correspondent Bouton, Mollie J.
dc.date.digital 2013-11-26
dc.identifier.collectionId Mss. Acc. 2013.288 en_US
dc.identifier.archon 10208
dc.identifier.DQnumber 1112 en_US
dcterms.isPartOf Letter, George Bouton, Yorktown, Virginia, to Mollie Bouton en_US

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