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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03601.11 |
| From Archive Folder | Letters of the Ewing family to William T. Sherman |
| Title | Hugh B. Ewing to Thomas Ewing describing Chicago, where he has been attending to business |
| Date | 11 July 1856 |
| Author | Ewing, Hugh B. (1826-1905) |
| Recipient | Ewing, Thomas |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Says he has been in Chicago on business and will leave soon. Describes Chicago as "dull," and the houses in the city as being, " ... the merest shells - which the north west wind, would blow into the Prairie, ... But the people, who are 'sand blind,' think them magnificent structures." Criticizes a client he was in Chicago to do business with. |
| Subjects | Law Architecture Geography and Natural History Business and Finance |
| People | Ewing, Hugh B. (1826-1905) Ewing, Thomas (1789-1871) |
| Place written | Chicago, Illinois |
| Theme | Children & Family; Law; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Sherman was adopted by Thomas Ewing, an Ohio Senator and U. S. Secretary of the Treasury, after Sherman's father died in 1829. Philemon, Charles, Thomas, and Hugh Ewing were Thomas Ewing's sons and grew up as Sherman's adoptive brothers. Hugh was a General in the Union Army during the Civil War. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Father |