Anne and Robert Armstrong lived in Shelbyville, Tennessee, but at the outset of the war Anne and their children went to Pittsburgh to stay with her parents, Henry and Mary Warner. Anne was the great-aunt of the poet Marianne Moore and these letters are preserved as part of Marianne Moore’s family papers.
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Shelbyville Aug 23d 1861
Mrs Annie W. Armstrong
Care of Mr Henry Warner
Allegheny City
Penna
Cannot live without hearing from you. Got a letter from Isabella today. Every one gets letters but me. If you cannot write tell Isabella. She will write. Letters come regularly. Got none from you for four weeks. Did you get Fifty Dollars.
Robert Armstrong
Citation: Robert Armstrong, autograph letter signed to Anne Armstrong. Shelbyville, Tenn; 23 August 1861. Moore VI:04:21