Maine Speaks: Great Grief Program

Program Media:

Letter from Sarah Emery to her husband Isaac, 1863 (Isaac Emery was in the 27th Maine Regiment, serving near Washington DC during the Civil War)

Document (transcript of archival material)

AUDIO:

BSM1936 · Sarah Emery letter to husband Isaac Emery, 1863

Poem on Death, unsigned/undated (likely 19th Century)

Document (scan of archival material, scroll to page 4)

AUDIO:

BSM1936 · Poem On Death Undated

Letter from Edward E. Bourne, 1855

Document (scan of archival letter)

AUDIO:

BSM1936 · EE Bourne, 1855, Partial letter

Recorded Lecture: Great Grief

Thanks to Maine Humanities Council for supporting this program through the MAINE SPEAKS series!

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