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Richmond (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/n79060700

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Hugh Lawson Clay letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0311
Abstract

Letter written by Clay from Richmond, Virginia, to an unidentified person in response to a request for help in locating Mr. Mayhew, a mutual friend.

Dates: 1864

Letter from a Union Officer from Libby Prison

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4396
Scope and Contents

This document is a letter written by G. Veltfort, a Union officer, from Libby Prison on December 12, 1863. The letter provides firsthand insight into the conditions within the Confederate prison in Richmond, Virginia, known for overcrowding, inadequate provisions, and harsh treatment of prisoners.

Dates: 1863-12-12

Prison Bill of Fare Poem Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4319
Scope and Contents

One broadside of a poem written by a Union soldier held at the Confederate Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, on 8 November 1861. The poem describes the food provided and the ways it was prepared at the prison in satirical verse.

Dates: 1861-11-08