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- Liz Bezera on 3 July 1864: “[...]we have fixed up our quarters with bowers, etc – very nice – I built me a spring bed two hickory poles – lay barrel staves on them – tack them down – and I have as good a bed as I want.”
- fletches on 24 June 1864: “…and as to taking off one’s shoes, that’s not to be dreamed of.”
- Todd Kesselring on 24 June 1864: “…and as to taking off one’s shoes, that’s not to be dreamed of.”
- Jason Tomberlin on 3 June 1864: “a circumstance which can hardly be looked upon as a positive loss . . .”
- Liz Bezera on 3 June 1864: “a circumstance which can hardly be looked upon as a positive loss . . .”
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2 October 1862: “Their is act past in this state for one fourth of the negros to go to charleston by the 10th of this month to bild fortifications and stay 30 days.”
Item description: Letter dated 2 October 1862 from A. M. Wallace, the overseer at a plantation near Gaston and Lincoln counties, N.C., to William A. Graham. Wallace sought Graham’s advice on several matters. He wanted guidance on how to manage … Continue reading
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Tagged A. M. Wallace, Charleston, Dallas, fortifications, Lincoln, Lincoln County, N.C., runaways, slave labor, slavery, William A. Graham
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