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Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 to Ida Cook

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02570.34 Author/Creator: Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 Place Written: In camp near Kingston, Tennesee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 November 1862 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Remands her for not writing after she promised to. Send his love to the family. Makes a deal with Ida: if she writes him a long neat letter he will tell her "how I live and all about the war and also send you a twenty dollar bill in it."

Cooke, Gustave, fl. 1861-1865

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