Memoranda and Documents: A Blue Bluejacket's Letters Home, 1863-1864
Arthur M. Schlesinger
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Oct. 21, 2017)
Excerpt from Memoranda and Documents: A Blue Bluejacket's Letters Home, 1863-1864Permission to print these letters could be secured only on condition that the writer's name and all marks Of identification be removed. Fortunately the letters bear their own credentials of authenticity, and from the standpoint of social history little is lost by their anonymity. The spelling and punctuation Of the letters remain as in the original.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.