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Catalog Number

XI.1.2.2019.029.11b

Collection

Hazzard Family Collection

Object Name

Letter

Title

Letter from Thomas D. Hazzard to Joseph H. Hazzard

Scope & Content

Thomas D. Hazzard writes to his brother recounting his experience in the Union army stationed outside Washington, D.C. This letter is a postscript to his longer letter (see 2019.029.11a). In this postscript, he adds details of his visit to Washington D.C. and a trip to the patent office. There he saw the original Declaration of Independence, a variety of George Washington's belongings, a treaty between Japan and the United States, and other historical items.

Dates of Creation

September 1, [1861]

Date

September 1, [1861]

Notes

This letter is addressed to "Brother." All of Thomas D. Hazzard's letters are addressed to "Brother," in reference to Joseph H. Hazzard

The full transcription of the letter is as follows:

[inverted at top of page]
the mayor of this city will be taken to some fort and confined thear [there] for not taken [taking] the oath of the other day
[letter begins]
Dear Brother
I for got [forgot] to tell you i visited the capitol and patent ofice [office] on satarday [Saturday] and it wold [would] take a day to goe [go] all over the capitol and it wold [would] take a week to see all that is in the patent office. the capitol is one of the finest places i ever sawr [saw] all marble and gilt in it in the patent office i sawr [saw] all of washing-tons clothes his soward [sword] and eaven [even] the dishes made of tin just like the ones we uese [use] that he eat out of and his wrighen [writing] desk and i could not mention all the things and i alsow [also] sawr [saw] the Robes and sadle and things wich [which] the Japnees [Japanese] give to James Buchanon [Buchanan]
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thee [the] Robes are of silk thay [they] are spleinded [splendid] and the sadle is as fine a peice [piece] of woork [work] as i eve [ever] sawr [saw]. and of all i seen nothing pleased me more than the Original deracl-lartion [declaration] of independence [independence] thear [there] was all the singers [signers] names in thir [their] own hand wrighten [writing] but thay [they] are fading out i could hardley [hardly] read them i alsow [also] seen the treaty with the Japnees [Japanese] it looks just like somuch [so much] f musick [music] i mean just like a pice [piece] of paper withe notes printed upon it i think if you had it you could play a good tune from it. look out for more in my next Letter T. D. Hazzard

Extent of Description

1 leaf, 4.625" by 5.25"

Relation

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Condition

Good

Condition Notes

Overall, letter is in good condition. This paper has one vertical fold line close to the center. This paper also has two horizontal fold lines, one near the center of the page and one almost at the bottom of the page. The right and bottom edges are not uniform, as if torn from another sheet of paper.

Legal Status

Owned by The Union League Legacy Foundation.