Concerning family news; Marianne's and her confinements; her need of a nurse; Marianne's promise to send information about broaches. The Master of chancery's decision to send Harriet Shelley's children to a clergyman in Warwickshire; Longdill's...
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Bailey, of Epworth, Iowa, was mustered into the 3rd Iowa Infantry, Company A in June 1861. After spending a year with the company in Missouri, they moved south by boat and train in the Spring of 1862 and participated in the battle of Shiloh (which...
The WCTU of Iowa held an annual convention each October in churches across the state. Women became members of the WCTU of Iowa upon signing the WCTU of Iowa Constitution, pledging to perform temperance work, and paying annual dues.