[Small sticks protruding from two intersecting poles, used as rafters to widen Solomon Starbird's tent]

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Title: [Small sticks protruding from two intersecting poles, used as rafters to widen Solomon Starbird's tent]
Date: [1862] September 28
Creator: Starbird, Solomon Bates, 1832-1889.
Notes: Sol[omon Bates Starbird] ALS to Sister [Marianne Macomber Starbird], September 28, [1862]. s.l., page 18. From a collection of papers containing the incoming and outgoing correspondence of three of the Starbird siblings: Solomon and George, who served in the Civil War in the 127th New York Infantry and 1st New York Mounted Rifles respectively, and Marianne, who operated a struggling art school in New York City.
Names and Subjects: Tents--1860-1870.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life.; Wooden beams.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pencil drawings.
Collection Title: Starbird family papers
Collection Creator: Starbird family.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 6841
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-11-30 12:43:21

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Image Size: 2944 x 5802
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Record: 6841
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Full citation: "[Small sticks protruding from two intersecting poles, used as rafters to widen Solomon Starbird's tent]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-6841/wcl006907. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. July 15, 2025.