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Sidney Brooks letter to Tamesin Brooks, 1864 July 23

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Sidney Brooks letter to his sister Tamesin Brooks written while working as a delegate of the United States Christian Commission in the American Civil War. Sidney says that he feels he ought to write especially to Tamesin since she seems devoted to the Christian Commission and did a noble work for it in Harwich. He describes the importance of supplies given to the cause, telling of a boy in the hospital who asked him for an old shirt with no starch in it since his shirt was so hard to his wounds. Sidney mentions particular items which are always in demand and of which he can seldom find enough. He goes on to say that he was just handed a letter from Tamesin and can imagine her and Uncle Nathan taking care of things in the garden. He also mentions their brother Henry (Henry Cobb Brooks) and their half-brother Horace. Sidney closes with a story of meeting several people and asks Tamesin to tell Edwin Chase's folks that he saw Edwin and he is doing well. He mentions Hildreth, the Blind Asylum in South Boston, Mary Coble, and Louisa in recounting the story.
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