| Title: | Sergeant Major John Laird, Potomac, to Family |
|---|---|
| ID | 3545 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | laird, john/12 |
| Year | 1865 |
| Sender | Sergeant Major John Laird |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Potomac, Maryland, USA |
| Destination | UK? |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | writes to his family |
| Source | T 3683: Deposited by Rev. and Mrs. M. Crooks. #TYPE EMG Sergeant Major John Laird, Headquarters First Cavalry Division, Potomac, Virginia 18 May, 1865, to "My Mother Sisters and Brother". |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland |
| Doc. No. | 9002004 |
| Date | 18/05/1865 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | 14:02:1990 JM created 15:08:1991 GC input 19:08:19 |
| Word Count | 83 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | is their [there?] working in the clothing Department I expect to see him to [too?] I supose [suppose?] you have heard of the Murder of our Beloved President his death is greatly lemanted [lamented?] in this country and also I see by late foreign news from England that they deplore the loss of Mr Lincoln to [too?] but I hope it is all for the g[oo?]d I will have to Come to a Close and I am yours truly Sergeant Major John Laird |
