Thursday, May 16, 2019

Lecture: Dear Friends at Home

Time: 6:30 pm til 7:30 pm

Location: Tallahassee Museum

Description: Melvan Tibbetts was a Union soldier occupying Pensacola for a portion of the Civil War. We are very lucky to have the 20 letters that he wrote home to his family in Maine. These letters supply a wealth of information about West Florida during the Civil War, but they also provide a strong sense of familiarity with Melvan himself. This presentation demonstrates how much of an author's personality is contained in historical documents and how this results in a more personal understanding of the past for the reader.

FPAN is participating in this event.

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