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Waterloo, Iowa, 1865. Waterloo, Iowa. May 2, 1865. A heartfelt letter from a young woman reflecting the sentiment from the homefront at the end of the war; surviving emotionally on roamers and hearsay. It expresses the understanding of the need for the war but the ambivalence associated with the victory only following significant loss. Written just barely a week before the official end of the Civil War, the letter from Louisa Young to her brother George discusses her hope that he and the other soldiers will return home soon now that the war is almost over. It speaks of the probability of the "soldiers coming home". We don't expect them even though their term of service has expired and as there is "nobody to fight" anymore it seems reasonable they should be coming home... I believe I am grateful in some degree that this cruel & unnatural conflict is at last over, and that the "chief cause" of the strife is done away but I am not as grateful, as I ought to be. We are constantly hearing talk about the…
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Civil War Era Letter from a Sister to her Brother discussing Mourning Dresses for President Lincoln
by Lousia Young
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A book of famous and beautiful Chinese ladies from all antiquity
by T-ing-shih Yu
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China, 1915. Toning on silk borders.. 26 folded pages. 12 hand finished color plates on silk. Sandalwood cover. Concertina style book. Facing page to illustration has narrative biography of the pictured woman printed in English and Chinese. Measures 8 1/2" x 6
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