Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards
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Com. Dallas' wife wants Edwards' wife Harriet to come to Pensacola again and Edwards takes this as a sign that Com. and Mrs. Dallas are partial to him, however he leaves the decision of whether she comes for a visit again up to her. He closes the letter by remarking on religious fanaticism, explaining that he generally does not approve of it but feels that the plethora of different forms of churches should continue, with the caveat: \"but I do not think them [churches] so essential as a good heart.\""}, {"label": "Description", "content": "This letter is part of the correspondence of David Shelton Edwards between the years 1835 and 1848. The 48 letters from this period held by the National Postal Museum are primarily addressed to Edward's wife Harriet; in 1830, Edwards married Harriet Eliza Henry and they had two children, William and Harriet. They kept up a frequent correspondence when his naval service kept them separated. Between 1835 and 1848, Edwards served as a Surgeon at the hospital in the Pensacola Navy Yard, Florida; Fleet Surgeon to the West Indies Squadron; and Surgeon aboard many vessels engaged in the Mexican-American War. His naval career spanned from 1818 to 1861 and his last sea cruise ended in October of 1859 after which he retired to his family home in Connecticut except for a brief time spent at New Bedford, Massachusetts recruiting for the Union Navy during the Civil War. He died in Trumbull, Connecticut on March 18, 1874."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Reference:"}, {"label": "Description", "content": "National Museum of American History, Naval History Archives. David Shelton Edwards Papers. Accession Number: 1978.0652."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "New York Public Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts Division. \"David S. Edwards papers, 1818-1865.\""}], "name": [{"label": "Writer", "content": "David Shelton Edwards, American, died 1874"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "American Expansion (1800-1860)"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Covers & Letters"}], "place": [{"label": "Place of Origin", "content": "Florida"}, {"label": "Place of Destination", "content": "New York"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "paper; ink / handwritten"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "39.7 x 31.8 cm (15 5/8 x 12 1/2 in.)"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Postal Museum"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Covers & Associated Letters"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npm_1978.0652.23", "hash": "472203b2111d65e1943ea6e5ec62807484d3b886", "docSignature": "c3c964f7e5706e69e7c945e5cb80dd00", "timestamp": 1663786505, "lastTimeUpdated": 1657961588, "title": "Folded letter by US Navy Surgeon David Shelton Edwards"}