Summary
ALS
2 pp.
April 30, 1863
Letter from William Francis Brand to Amanda Catherine Armentrout,
April 30, 1863
WFB,“At Home” [Steeles Tavern] to “Dear
Friend,” w/envelope [this letter originally cris-cross folded]:
visited George Newton Britton [?-1909] who is in poor health, and George's
fiancee Lizzie Brown; other family news and local gossip; his brother Tom
[Thomas H. Brand, ?-1863] has just reminded him it is noon and time to go to
work in the cornfield; concludes with a poem “Thou Sall not, O My
Love/Ever hear my voice in rage”; signs himself as
“Willie”
