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05 November 1863

Hutson, Sarah McLeod, fl. 1863

Autograph letter

Title: to Charles J. Hutson (missing pages)

Discusses health, weather, and family news. A note on the letter's envelope identifies the author, who was a refugee during the Civil War. She was the wife of Richard Woodward Hutson and mother of her correspondent, who was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War.

GLC08165.12

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