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Ellis, Don Juan, 1845-1905 to George Wortham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02233.46 Author/Creator: Ellis, Don Juan, 1845-1905 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1864/06/15 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 13 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy

Reads in full: "There has seven (7) gunboats & one skooner came in since yesterday eavening making in all twelve (12) gunboats & one skooner in site. Three gunboats & one skooner are lying at the mouth of Roanoak River. Two of the boats are chained together I think." Written at "Wiliams Fishery." Right edge of the document is torn.

Don Juan Ellis was a Sergeant in the Fiftieth North Carolina Infantry.

Ellis, Don Juan, 1845-1905
Wortham, George, fl. 1823-1883

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