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Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 to Eliza Cook

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02570.29 Author/Creator: Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 August 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Cook discusses camp news. He says he doesn't know where to tell her to write but has decided that sending mail by way of the private citizen is "not a good plan."

Cooke, Gustave, fl. 1861-1865

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