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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.42.12 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Dixon, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 June 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 16.8 x 25.9 cm. Order a Copy
Does not like that he is so far away from her and that he cannot visit her whenever he pleases. Writes that is a cloudy, gloomy day. His thinks about her constantly and misses her greatly. He wonders if she loves him as he loves her. He writes that he has been hurt in the past and is distrustful of "all professions of friendship." He has talked to Milton about his feelings. He has started to believe her though because she told him she wishes to "leave her friends." Dreams of having a home with her. Writes about his feelings on love and marriage. He think both are "holy" and should not be of "convenience" or "circumstance." Writes of how wonderful love is and to have someone to come home to. The letter abruptly ends.
Franklin W. Fuller from Howard, Illinois enlisted on 14 August 1862 as a Sergeant. He mustered into the I Company of the Illinois 74th Infantry on 4 September 1862. He was mustered out on 10 June 1865 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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