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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.201 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
| Title | Letter to Joseph M. Maitland discussing the severe winter, hunting, the falling value of real estate and low crop yields [incomplete] |
| Date | 19 March 1885 |
| Recipient | Maitland, Joseph M. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Letter addressed "Dear friend Joe." Reports the winter has been severe with much snow. Discusses duck and rabbit hunting. Comments businesses are failing and real estate values continue to fall. Mentions crop yields will be lower this year due to damage sustained in the January thaw. Letter continues on 2 April 1885, and is unsigned and incomplete. However, based on handwriting similarity, place of writing, and content, the author may be R. H. Silfer, Maitland's correspondent in GLC03523.10.199. |
| Subjects | Sports and Games Diet and Nutrition Wildlife Extreme Weather Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| People | Maitland, Joseph M. (1839-1918) |
| Place written | Holden, Missouri |
| Theme | Agriculture; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Joseph Maitland enlisted on 8 August 1862 as a Private. He was mustered into "G" Co. OH 95th Infantry. He was mustered out 31 May 1865 at Memphis, Tennessee. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |