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Sallie to Lile Miller

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02155.068 Author/Creator: Sallie Place Written: Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 November 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy

Aunt Sallie writes to Lile from "Catoctin," possibly either Catoctin Mountain in Maryland or Catoctin Creek in Virginia. Reports they can "hear the Cannons in Virginia Fighting again." Expects to be able to visit Lile closer to Christmas. Comments on the high price of goods, mutual acquaintances, and an injury which left her temporarily unable to sew.

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