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| Title | Reason can not give peace to a suffering heart |
| Subject |
Condolence notes--History--19th century Camp Pickens (Va.) |
| Subject Personal |
Torrance, Bettie Reid, 1836-1861 Torrance, Richard Allison, 1833-1927 |
| Description | Written from Camp Pickens near Manassas, Virginia, on Oct. 22, 1861, this letter is a letter of condolence to his friend, Richard Torrance, who was grieving over the recent death of his wife, Bettie. Much of the penmanship is illegible and the signature is not clear enough to distinguish. The writer states his lack of language and people skills in conveying sympathy and empathy at such a sorrowful event. Fond friendship apparently had bound the writer and the couple together. Other deaths have affected the letter writer, too, "One of the few of us who went together to seek a home in the West now lies in the cold embrace of death." The letter closes with, "I am convinced that reason can not give peace to a sufferring [sic] heart, nor remove grief from troubled souls." |
| Object Type | Text |
| Subject - Location |
Virginia Manassas (Va.) |
| Date of material | 1861-10-22 |
| Publisher | Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library. University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Genre | Manuscripts |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Identifier | Torrance_mss87_5_44b_05 |
| Source | Torrance and Banks Family Papers. J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Relation | Forms part of: Torrance and Banks Family Papers, 1765-1982 |
| Language | eng |
| Contact | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: http://specialcollections.uncc.edu |
| Rights | Materials in the Digital Collections at Atkins Library are provided free for educational use under fair use as outlined by current U.S. Copyright law and accompanying guidelines. Written permission from the J. Murrey Atkins Library or the rights holder must be obtained before using an item for publishing or commercial purposes. |
| Note | Atkins Library has provided the description and subject analysis for these images. We encourage you to contact us at spec-coll@uncc.edu with your comments and feedback. |
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| Title | Torrance_mss87_5_44b_05a |
| Object Type | Text |
| Publisher | Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library. University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Genre | Manuscripts |
| Format | image/tiff |
| Source | Torrance and Banks Family Papers. J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Relation | Forms part of: Torrance and Banks Family Papers, 1765-1982 |
| Language | eng |
| Contact | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte: http://specialcollections.uncc.edu |
| Rights | Materials in the Digital Collections at Atkins Library are provided free for educational use under fair use as outlined by current U.S. Copyright law and accompanying guidelines. Written permission from the J. Murrey Atkins Library or the rights holder must be obtained before using an item for publishing or commercial purposes. |
| Note | Atkins Library has provided the description and subject analysis for these images. We encourage you to contact us at spec-coll@uncc.edu with your comments and feedback. |
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