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Kate to Orville "Tom" S. Dewey

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02161.070 Author/Creator: Kate Place Written: Toledo, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 December 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 19.5 x 12.2 cm. Order a Copy

He speculates on when the war will end, at one point saying that some think not until the Southern race is exterminated. He asks how he has coped with the change in command, adding that he always like McClellan.

Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902

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