A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 83.4
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred Citation
Thomas H. Sherwood Letters, Manuscript MS 83.4, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
The collection consists of two letters. In the first
letter, August 21, W. W. Averell appoints Sherwood to the post
for the period of occupation. In the second letter, August 23,
from Sherwood to his wife, he declares how much he misses her.
He also mentions Col. Averell, Union generals [George B.]
McClellan, [John Adams] Dix, and [Fitz-John?] Porter, and Gov.
[Francis] Pierpont of "Western Virginia." He also mentions
Fort Monroe and Harrison's Landing, both in Virginia. There is
also mention of John M. Galt.