Was he literate, rather than have someone else write home for him ???? -----Original Message----- From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of marilyn canfield Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:10 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Letter P Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable We have an ancestor who served in the Civil War.. his name was Richard = Daniel Alley..but some of his letters written back to Va from Tn shows a = signature Daniel P.. His descendants say he used Richard on in a formal situation (his Civil War record had Richard = Daniel ) . Did the capitol P have=20 another meaning? =20 Thank you, Marilyn Canfield [log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html