I recently purchased 14 handwritten civil war era letters, off e-Bay, from a woman in Sheridan Oregon. They are all written to Emargene, Emegene, or Gene Starr who lived in Penfield Lorain County, Ohio. Most are from her family and friends and the earliest is dated January 1861. The second letter starts off in 1865, with the latest one having of date of October 26th, 1867. There are only three of them that do not have dates but by reading them they seem to also be written during the times above. Seven letters have envelopes. Some of the places that the letters were written from are; Middlebrook, Harpersfield, Schenevus, and Fairmount. Several have some great comments of what life was like while the civil war was raging on around them and right after the war ended. One makes mention of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Letters have one to four pages of script. I have transcribed the letters as well as possible. Some were very difficult to read. Note that I quoted them as they read, poor spelling and all. I also scanned each letter & have it posted. If you have questions, or comments, contact al@lazlographics.com The letters can be viewed at: http://www.lazlographics.com/Penfield%20Letters.html I have other pages of interest posted on my website here: www.lazlographics.com Al Leiby