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Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 to Eliza Cook

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02570.12 Author/Creator: Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 Place Written: Bowling Green, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 12, 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Discusses money matters. Raves about the "good coffee we have here." The coffee is so good, Cook has promised to send "forty or fifty pounds (by the first chance) of coffee. You must let Lou and Susan have some if I send it." Concerned over the health of his children. Includes camp news. Written at Camp Frank Terry.

Cooke, Gustave, fl. 1861-1865

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