Digital Collections @ St. Lawrence University

My dear madam Your favor of the 24th inst. is received

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Overview

Creator: 
Sunderland, Darwin
Subject: 
Sunderland, Darwin
Source: 
Original letter: pencil on paper, 2 p.
Language: 
English

Rights

Rights Management: 
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Date Original (Precise): 
June 7, 1864

Technical

Digitization Specifications: 
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 10) in Photoshop CS5 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital: 
September 29, 2011
Format: 
image/jpeg
Type: 
Text

Location

Series: 
1
Box: 
1
Folder: 
38
Excerpt: 
My dear madam:
Your favor of the 24th inst. is received. It would be utterly impossible to recover the remains of your son. At present we are many miles away from the spot where he is buried. We buried him in the heat of battle and scarcely had him interred ere we moved away.