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Autograph letter signed

to Eliza Cook

6 December 1861

Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897

Short note encloses $55 (not included). Postscript reads, "Will write in a few days. Don't get poor til I come back."

GLC02570.10
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Autograph letter signed

to Eliza Cook

25 December 1861

Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897

Recounts a battle where Cook's regiment lost 5 soldiers, including their commander. Describes the bullets whistling by his head. Has sent money home and promises to send more once he is promoted. News about local Fort Bend boys in camp.

GLC02570.11
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Autograph letter signed

to Eliza Cook

January 12, 1862

Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897

Discusses money matters. Raves about the "good coffee we have here." The coffee is so good, Cook has promised to send "forty or fifty pounds (by the first chance) of coffee. You must let Lou and Susan have some if I send it." Concerned over the...

GLC02570.12
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Autograph letter signed

to Eliza Cook

January 19, 1862

Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897

Short note jotted down at daybreak. Writes that he is enclosing a letter. Says he has rheumatism in his arms "which is not very troublesome."Written at Camp Johnson.

GLC02570.13
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Autograph letter signed

to Eliza Cook

January 25, 1862

Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897

Takes offense at the charge (by Susan, his wife's sister?) that he doesn't write as often as he could. Defends himself by saying he is very busy and does not have an abundance of materials with which to write, unlike the people at home who can write...

GLC02570.14

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