Shifflet, Hillary (1823-1863) to Jemima Shifflet
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02174.01 Author/Creator: Shifflet, Hillary (1823-1863) Place Written: Camp McCook Heart County, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 December 1861 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy
Written on patriotic stationery. Shifflet hopes that Johney will be well soon. He got paid today, twenty-three dollars, and "will send you all I can spar." He encourages his wife to persevere until he returns, "if I ever doo." They "expect a fight everday" but "they are in a vary good place now" and he has plenty to eat. Scribbles on verso of second page, delicate, tear along fold in middle.
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