[A manicule pointing in the direction of Joe Block's slaughterhouse]

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Title: [A manicule pointing in the direction of Joe Block's slaughterhouse]
Date: [1864] June 12
Creator: Colony, Ormond, 1840-1895.
Notes: Orm[ond Colony] ALS to [ ], June 12, [1864]. Central City, [Co.], page 4. From a collection of correspondence related to Ira Blake of Chester, Vermont, and his descendants that is divided into three main groups: letters between Ira Blake and Mary Seamans, his future wife; letters to Frances Blake, their daughter; and letters by Ormond and Oscar Colony, Frances's sons. The Blake letters primarily concern courtship and family news in New England, and the Colony letters pertain to the brothers' experiences traveling to and living in Colorado during the Civil War.
Names and Subjects: Directions.; Fingers.; Hands--1860-1870.; Pointing (Gesture); Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pencil drawings.
Collection Title: Blake-Colony collection
Collection Creator: Blake family and Colony family.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 5841
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-07-19 17:56:58

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Image Size: 3968 x 5772
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Record: 5841
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Full citation: "[A manicule pointing in the direction of Joe Block's slaughterhouse]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-5841/wcl005914. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 10, 2025.