Fuller Letter

Letter to Mrs Patty Fuller

Description:

John Fuller was an army officer, of Rutland, Vt. The collection contains correspondence, journals, and other papers, describing Fuller's service on a military expedition from Vermont to the Mississippi Territory via Ohio (1809-10) and the Elk River expedition (1810-14), and relating to the War of 1812 and the Society of the Cincinnati; and military papers and records (1809) of the 7th Infantry Rifle Regt.  In these letters he writes to his wife Patty to tell her about his new assignment - a promotion for exceptional work - which will move him away from New Orleans and to a safer area on the Mississippi River.  He also plans to move closer to Newport, Kentucky or Cincinnati, Ohio.  He goes on to discuss a variety of topics including the landscape, politics both local and national, and other personal business.  The last three pages of the transcript are a letter to his son and another brief letter to his wife.