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Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871 to Francis W. Pickens

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01351 Author/Creator: Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871 Place Written: Fort Sumter, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 9, 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : engraving Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

"A true copy" - attestation by Anderson. (Souvenir copy). Written after Oct. 1861 (and before Feb. 1863). The U.S.S. Star of the West had been fired upon. With small engraved portrait of Anderson.

Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871
Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1862

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