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- Buck Lawler on 26 February 1865: “I now have the honour to tender my resignation”
- Buck Lawler on 23 Febrary 1865: “There is one thing sertain this war cannot last many months longer”
- Buck Lawler on 2 February 1865: “The inclination of my mind at present is that the proposed change in the charter of the Danville Bank would be unconstitutional.”
- Buck Lawler on 11 January 1865: “Their systematized falsehoods are so shameless and so notorious that all the world must distrust them.”
- Pool Party in Gurgaon on 4 January 1865: “Father said the Yanks made a clean sweep of everything, and we have lost all our worldly possessions except the few negroes here.”
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19 April 1863: “…I dont suppose the Jenkin’s being Presbyterians, will dance.”
Item Description: Letter, dated 19 April, 1863, from John Steele Henderson to his mother, Mary Henderson. He discusses family members, including the death of a cousin, and the recent visit of a band to Salisbury. From folder 33 in the … Continue reading
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