Date Original
1863-1885
Description
This collection contains correspondence, an account book, and a newspaper related to Silvester Thacher.
Biographical/Historical Note
This collection contains several pieces of correspondence between Sergeant S.B. Thacher, his wife Mary Ann (née Burtrau), and her family during and after the Civil War. The family was mostly based in Michigan, where Thacher and his wife were married. The collection contains an account book used by Thacher during his military service in 1865, as well as a newspaper carrying the news of Abraham Lincoln's death from April 15, 1965. It also erroneously reports the simultaneous assassination attempt on Secretary of State William H. Seward as successful, even giving a time of death, when Seward, in fact, lived another seven years.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Michigan; Missouri
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000903
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Silvester Thacher, MS.000903
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Silvester Thacher collection, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
