William H. Allen Letter to J. Frederick Pierson
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Scope and Contents
Letter written from Camp Hamilton (or Fort Monroe) by Col. William H. Allen, 1st New York Infantry, to Captain J. Frederick Pierson regarding the arrest of a husband and wife on suspicion of treason. The following is a transcription of the letter: "You will at once proceed to the residence of Mr. Mussey residing within these lines & search his house and arrest himself and wife or any others whom you may have just cause to suspect of conveying information to the enemy".
Dates
- Creation: 1861 June 24
Language of Materials
English
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Biographical Information:
William H. Allen enlisted at 38 as a Colonel in New York, New York in May 1861 and was cashiered in September 1861 for disobeying orders and burning property in violation of orders.
Extent
0.01 Linear Foot
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 2014.132 was received by Special Collections in August 2014.
Physical Description
20.5cm x 12.5cm
Processing Information:
Accessioned and minimally described by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in October 2014.
- Title
- Guide to the William H. Allen Letter to J. Frederick Pierson
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist.
- Date
- 2014-10-22
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository