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- Liz Bezera on 7 February 1864: “to place helpless women in such a position as this! none but a base grovelling covetous yankee would do it.”
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- Liz Bezera on 27 January 1864: “Dear relatives and friends I once more take up my pent to write you a few lines to inform you that I am as yet among the living.”
- Buck Lawler on 22 December 1863: “I have not broken the seal to my bottle of brandy yet and am going to try and hold on to it until Christmas morning, when it will be compelled to be opened”
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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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