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A Union Soldier’s Passover
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Passover preparations for a Civil War–era Union soldier included importing seven barrels of matzot and collecting weeds to substitute for the symbolic bitterness of horseradish.

Contributor:

J. A. Joel

Places:

Cleveland, United States of America

Date:

1866

Subjects:

War, Military, Passover, Food and drink, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Union soldiers from the American Civil War in uniform, front row seated and back row standing.
Aaron Hart and His Children
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Dear Mo: I se no way for you to keep Pesah at William Hanry thear fore you had batter come over hear the Sunday before than you neat not due any thing to your house to git the hamez out of your house…

Contributor:

Aaron Hart

Places:

Trois-Rivières, Great Britain (Trois-Rivières, Canada)

Date:

1790

Subjects:

Family, Holidays, Passover, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters