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Massachusetts Letter Collection, 1856-1858 [188788]

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Massachusetts Letter Collection, 1856-1858 [188788]
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About fourteen letters from Daniel Tainter of Charlestown, Massachusetts, sent to his brother Dean. The letters date from 1856 to 1858. In these letters, Daniel describes his life as he travels through Massachusetts and New York, living at times in Brooklyn, Haydenville, and Charlestown. His descriptions provide a vivid glimpse of daily life in pre-Civil War Massachusetts, as he describes the living conditions of various boarding houses, his failed stint as a travelling salesman, failures and successes in courtship, patriotic political displays in Charlestown, church life, and his experience working in a factory (an ordeal he describes as leaving him with "no enterprise, energy, or ambition... dead, dead, dead.") He also discusses his thoughts on the political landscape of the time, a mere few years before the beginning of the Civil War. The letters have some wear and tearing around the edges consistent with their age but are overall legible and in good condition. [ Massachusetts