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Painter, Heber, 1841-1900 to [Rebecca Frick]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02016.037 Author/Creator: Painter, Heber, 1841-1900 Place Written: New Bern, North Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 August 1863 Pagination: 4 p. ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Updates his aunt on the letters he's written home. Writes that the weather is changing and becoming cooler. Reports the same news to his aunt as he does to his sister Anna in the previous letter. States that he could really use some gentian bitters, which would help during the current climate and season.

Painter, Heber, 1841-1900
Frick, Rebecca, fl. 1803-1862

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