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Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864 to Lile Miller

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02155.056 Author/Creator: Miller, Michael Murray, fl. 1861-1864 Place Written: Harrison's Landing, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 July 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 15.7 cm Order a Copy

Written from Harrison's Landing, on the James River, to his wife. Thanks her for the locks of hair she sent (one from her, one from their son, Charley). Mentions a letter he wrote that she recently had published in a local paper. Complains of a lack of supplies.

Miller, Michael M., fl. 1861-1864
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