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Thomas H. Sherwood papers, 1862
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<p>Papers of Dr. Thomas H. Sherwood, supervisor of Eastern Virginia Lunatic Asylum during the Union occupation of Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1862. In the first letter, August 21, Col. W. W. Averell appoints Sherwood to the post for the period of occupation. In the second letter, August 23, from Sherwood to his wife in Williamsport, PA, he declares how much he misses her. He also mentions Col. Averell, Union generals McClellan, Dix, and Porter, Governor Francis Pierpont of "Western Virginia," and Fort Monroe and Harrison's Landing, both in Virginia. There is also mention of John M. Galt. An envelope printed with the name of the asylum and Dr. Galt is included.</p>
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<p>[Page 1]</p>
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<p>Eastern Lunatic Assylum<br />Williamsburg V<em>irgini</em>a Aug<em>ust</em> 23d 1862</p>
My Darling little Wife
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<p>Your letters of the 12th 13th<br />& 15th just came to hand last evening. After I had<br />become installed in my new duties, and when<br />I was becomeing very lonely on account of the strange<br />ness of my position. I fear the letter I wrote you<br />day before yesterday will give you causless alarm<br />but at that time the situation confered upon me<br />was one of such a strange character, and had<br />come upon me so suddenly that I had hardly time<br />to form any definite conclusion of what was to become<br />of me. I will now relate some of the circum-<br />stances connected with the institution that has caused<br />my being assigned to the position I now hold. In the<br />first place the institution is one (of the largest<br />(if not the largest) charitable Institution in the<br />state, and is one of the most important. It has about<br />three hundred and ten inmates two hundred and<br />eighty of whom are under treatment for various<br />forms of Lunacy. The building and grounds are very<br />beautiful and the latter includes some 21 acres<br />of ground. The carrying on of the institution has<br />cost the state some forty thousand Dollars<br />anually.</p>
<p>At the time of the occupation of the town by our<br />forces the Management of the institution passed<br />into the hands of the federal Authorities, on</p>
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<p>account of the death of the Superintendent Dr<br />Galt and shortly afterwards the Gov<em>ernor</em> of Western<br />Virginia (Pierpont) appointed a new superintendent<br />and took control of the institution by Authority of the<br />Legislature of Western V<em>irgini</em>a. Our government in<br />the Mean time has been supplying the<br />necessary subsistence & Medical stores.</p>
<p>On the falling back of our Forces from Har-<br />issons Landing Dr Watson the Sup<em>e</em>rintend<em>ent</em> felt him-<br />self unsafe in his position on Account of his<br />having taken an active part in the Politics<br />of Western V<em>irgini</em>a and fearing the Rebels would<br />proceed to extreme Measures if they suceeded<br />in capturing him, he abandoned the insti-<br />tution. Gen<em>era</em>l McClellan knowing that the<br />institution must be left in the hands of some<br />Federal officer for the purpose of manageing<br />its affairs and drawing supplies untill the<br />time the government of the State of V<em>irgini</em>a should<br />resume its control, directed Gen<em>era</em>l Averell<br />to select some one for that purpose and leave<br />them here on the Abandonment of the town by<br />our forces under a flag of Truce. That selec-<br />tion fell upon Me, and although I rather<br />regretted it at first on your Account, I<br />now think when you come to understand<br />my position here you will be satisfied<br />as it is one in which every feeling of Philan-<br />thropy Cannot but be engaged, and it will<br />tend very Materially to the Advancement of my<br />interests.</p>
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<p>It may be the Rebel Government may not resume<br />its control of the institution, for I do not think they<br />will ever come down the Peninsula in any force<br />and I may be retained here for some time, if<br />such happens to be the case I shall send for<br />you. I am extremely nicely situated, I have a<br />magnificent room nicely furnished, have plenty<br />of company, eat at the table of the Matron, who<br />by the way has a very sweet daughter who<br />would make a nice companion for you if you<br />were here. The grounds are very lovely around<br />the institution with plenty of nice fruit and<br />flowers. The poor simple minded inmates<br />become very much attached to any one who<br />is kind to them, and they are continually<br />bringing me some evidences of their good<br />will in the shape of fruits and flowers.</p>
<p>I shall have a good deal of practice in the<br />town I expect, as they are allreaddy calling upon<br />me for medicines there being only one Physician<br />in town.</p>
<p>Oh! Darling you have no idea how I have<br />been longing for a letter from you, and how in-<br />expressibly happy I was to receive the letters from<br />you notwithstanding the novelty of my sit-<br />uation. Three deear little missives and I have<br />read each of them now three times although I<br />only received them late last evening. Oh! if I only<br />had you here I think I should be perfectly content<br />it matters not what might occur, any way I think<br />my stay here will terminate favourably for us for if our</p>
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<p>Regiment leaves here before the Rebels come, and get<br />off of the Peninsular before I am able to join it, as<br />soon as I leave this institution I shall come home<br />to you, and spend a little while. The only inconvenience<br />we shall experience is that I shall not be able to<br />hear from you for some time as the Mail fa-<br />cilities will be interupted as soon as our<br />forces leave here, but I will try and get<br />a letter to you as often as possible. I dont<br />know how soon our forces will leave here, per-<br />haps not for a week yet, but the may leave<br />allmost any time, as soon perhaps as all the forces<br />are shpped from Yorktown.</p>
<p>You mention in the letter written from Williamsport<br />that you had mailed me your Photograph the even-<br />ing previously, it is strange that that should be the<br />only letter of the series that I did not receive I hope<br />however ^<sup>I shall receive it this evening.</sup> One of our Officers has just arrived to see<br />me, and I shall have to stop for awhile. My Friend<br />L<em>ieutenan</em>t Ford has just brought me my baggage which had<br />been sent to Yorktown, and which I was compelled to send<br />for, as I had not a change of clothing to put on.</p>
<p>I have just returned from visiting the various wards<br />of the institution, and find the inmates are doing<br />extremely well. You would be astonished to find how<br />many varieties of lunacy there are nearly every one is<br />afflicted differently.</p>
<p>Darling you alarm me about your health and I<br />fear you grieve too much on account of my absence.<br />You must cheer up, I hope we shall be very soon together<br />again. The pain your side was owing to your having<br />taken cold in some manner that caused a little Pleurisy</p>
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Thomas H. Sherwood letter to his wife, 1862 August 23
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Sherwood, Thomas H.
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Averell, William W.
Galt, John M. (John Minson), 1819-1862
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Sherwood, Thomas H.--Correspondence
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Thomas H. Sherwood letter to his wife written from Williamsburg, Virginia, on August 23rd, 1862. Sherwood writes to explain how he became the superintendent of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital) following the death of Dr. John Minson Galt and the resignation of Galt's successor. He also describes the institution, its inhabitants and the grounds for his wife. He closes by encouraging her to look after her health.
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Sherwood, Thomas H.
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Thomas H. Sherwood papers, 1862
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<p>Papers of Dr. Thomas H. Sherwood, supervisor of Eastern Virginia Lunatic Asylum during the Union occupation of Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1862. In the first letter, August 21, Col. W. W. Averell appoints Sherwood to the post for the period of occupation. In the second letter, August 23, from Sherwood to his wife in Williamsport, PA, he declares how much he misses her. He also mentions Col. Averell, Union generals McClellan, Dix, and Porter, Governor Francis Pierpont of "Western Virginia," and Fort Monroe and Harrison's Landing, both in Virginia. There is also mention of John M. Galt. An envelope printed with the name of the asylum and Dr. Galt is included.</p>
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<p>[Page 1]</p>
<p>You must take care of yourself, I do not<br />care how much you romp if you will only<br />be careful to do yourself No injury. Do not<br />give yourself any alarm concerning my<br />health as I know how to take care of myself<br />and am as robust as there is any need<br />of being.</p>
<p>I received a letter from Mother yesterday<br />evening and a paper announcing our Mar-<br />riage, I have cut out a complimentary notice<br />from the paper which I send you. I am<br />sorry to learn in my letter from Mother of<br />the Death of William Allered. What a terrible<br />blow it will be to his wife, who by the way<br />is in a delicate situation. Oh! how I pity her<br />so shortly married and as soon sepparated<br />I suppose you have heard of his death.</p>
<p>I wrote to dear pa & ma a few days<br />ago encloseing a letter to you. I also sent<br />the letter announcing my change of position<br />to them to be read and forwarded to you<br />I want to get another opportunity to write<br />before our forces leave if I have time. I want<br />to go to camp however this afternoon to see<br />Col<em>onel</em> Averell and report to him the condition<br />of the institution, and procure any letters</p>
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<p>that may be there for me for I expect that<br />dear immage of your darling self this<br />afternoon, & Oh! won't I be disappointed<br />if I do not get it. My darling, <span class="underline">darling</span><br />wife shall I endeavour to express one half<br />of my love for you, or how much I want<br />to see you, I feel it would be impossible, and<br />I shall not make the effort. I do not doubt<br />dear one that you want to see me, but indeed<br />you must not let it worry you. Now darling<br />try and not do this will you, for my sake, I know<br />this is the strongest appeal I can make. Oh! how<br />I feel that God has blessed me in giveing me<br />such a dear, good, loveing wife, and I so<br />extremely unworthy too. But I hope I shall<br />be more worthy some day, as I shall labour to<br />be,</p>
<p>I regret very much that I was unable<br />to see Aunt Willie's boys, but really darling my<br />time was so much occupied for the last few<br />days I spent at Harrison's Landing that<br />I was unable to go anywhere. I did meet a<br />portion of Rush's Lancers and inquired for<br />Will but found that the Company he was with<br />were with Gen<em>era</em>l Porter.</p>
<p>Darling you must direct your letters still</p>
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<p>to my Reg<em>imen</em>t as our Gen<em>era</em>l will in all probability<br />take some means to send them to me, and I can-<br />not tell yet how long I shall remain here<br />untill our forces leave and communication<br />is opened with Richmond, as soon as this<br />is known I will make every effort to in-<br />form you. It is useless for you to address<br />your letters here at present as there is no<br />knowing how ling I shall remain, and<br />I may be away before this reaches you, as<br />long however as our forces remain I shall<br />keep up a daily communication with<br />you, and remember always that it is<br />necessity compells when I do not write<br />for I shall never let an opportunity slip.</p>
<p>Remember me kindly to sister Annie and tell<br />her I would like to see her. You had better<br />if you have time write Pa & Ma ere the<br />reception of this and give them an [illegible]<br />of my reasons for being left here. The govern-<br />ment has supplied the institution with<br />thirty days rations for the inmates and<br />I think we shall get along very well, if the<br />Rebels do not take possession in that time I<br />shall draw upon Gen<em>era</em>l Dix at Fortress<br />Monroe for another supply</p>
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<p>I must stop now darling, as I have given<br />you perhaps enough to cogitate over for a lit-<br />tle while, at least untill tomorow.</p>
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<p>Remember me kindly to all and dont ne-<br />glect to write as often as usual to your<br />loveing and devoted husband<br />Thom</p>
<p>A kiss for you here</p>
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Sherwood, Thomas H.
Title
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Thomas H. Sherwood letter to his wife
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[1862]
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MS1983.4.3
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Averell, William W.
Sherwood, Thomas H.-- Correspondence
Eastern Lunatic Asylum (Va.)
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Williamsburg (Va.)
Description
An account of the resource
Dr. Thomas H. Sherwood letter to his wife sent care of Professor Mitchell in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The undated letter was sent by Sherwood during his administration of the Eastern Lunatic Asylum (now Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, Virginia) in 1862. Sherwood encourages his wife to look after her health, discusses family and friends and his situation at the Asylum.