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Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 to Eliza Cook

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02570.10 Author/Creator: Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 Place Written: Ranger Camp Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 6 December 1861 Pagination: 1 p + unrelated pencil markings on verso. Order a Copy

Short note encloses $55 (not included). Postscript reads, "Will write in a few days. Don't get poor til I come back."

Cooke, Gustave, fl. 1861-1865

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