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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.005 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
| Title | James H. Kelly to Brother and Sister reporting the death of his father and remarks on accidents in the coal mines |
| Date | 28 November 1853 |
| Author | Kelly, James H. (fl. 1853) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Reports that he has been at his mother's and that his father has been dead since the spring. Provides details on various other family members and friends. Remarks, "Times has been brok here this Summer. The coal men are all looking up - Thare has been more accidents in this place this summer then I ever knew Burnt killed and Cripled in the Mines - and on the Railroad every week ther has been one or 2 run over and Mamed." Follows up with, "I have just learned of your Election Results and are Much pleased." |
| Subjects | Children and Family Death Mining Injury or Wound Health and Medical Railroad Labor Election Politics Government and Civics |
| People | Kelly, James H. (fl. 1853) |
| Place written | Pottsville, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Industry; Children & Family |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |