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Hasker, Charles H., fl. 1824-1864 to William McBlair

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00722.45 Author/Creator: Hasker, Charles H., fl. 1824-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Letter signed Date: January 18, 1859 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 33 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Reporting Samuel Brown, a boy, for disobedience and abusive language, "for threatening to revenge himself upon my person should it be five years hence." Docket notes that Hasker "slapped the boy." Written on board the U.S.S. "Dale." Charles H. Hasker was a boatswain on the U.S.S. "Dale"; he later served as a Lieutenant in the Confederate Navy.

McBlair, William, ?-1863
Hasker, Charles Hazelwood, fl. 1824-1864
Brown, Samuel, fl. 1859

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