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Correspondence from Joseph Gerald Branch to Mary Jones (Polk) Branch, December 12, 1863

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Letter from Joseph Gerald Branch in Davis Lake Plantation, Arkansas, to his wife Mary in Maury County, Tennessee. He writes about his plans to send her $15,000 in U.S. Treasury notes to invest in real estate to curb currency depreciation and insure their future. He expresses his loneliness, sadness, and anxiety after hearing no word from his wife and children since August. He conveys no particular allegiance in this letter.[Page 1] “Davis lake Plantation December 12th. 1863 Saturday Night My own, dear, sweet, wife: I wrote you a few days ago a long letter and directed it to care of Mr. Russel Houston, Nashville, I trust you have or will receive it. I write to-night, hastily, on business which if my wishes and directions are executed will place in your hands a “Christmas present” more acceptable than any you ever found hid in you tiny stockings. I have directed Mr. Daniel Shepherd, a planter on this river, to deposit with Mr. W. S. Picket (of the firm Picket, Moomeby & Co of Memphis) Fifteen Thousand dollars in U. S. Treasury Notes for your benefit. I have also written Mr. Pickett to send this fifteen thousand ($15,000.00) to you as soon as possible & by the safest conveyance. If there be any delay write to Pickett and send some safe person for the money. Now first thing I wish you to do is to get Mr. Park to act as your agent. You should have confidence in Mr. P’s integrity and...
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Keywords

  1. Civil War
  2. Civil War In The West
  3. Civil War Society
  4. United States
  5. United States History 1783 1865
  6. United States History 1849 1877
  7. United States History Civil War, 1861 1865
  8. War

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