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Dodge, Nelson E., fl. 1862-1864 to Esther Ann Kinney

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02162.02 Author/Creator: Dodge, Nelson E., fl. 1862-1864 Place Written: Burlington, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 April 1862 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Height: 23.7 cm, Width: 18.1 cm Order a Copy

re: Dodge writes to Ann predicting what is going on at home. He writes, "you are setting by the table a sewing Grandmaron is bizy…mom making shugar and uncle James is sleep." He also wishes that he would have had another shirt made before leaving for the war.

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