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Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 to Eliza Cook

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02570.47 Author/Creator: Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897 Place Written: Near Rome, Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 July 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Includes news from camp. Discusses his recovery from a cough. Writes about his mistrust of sending mail with someone he doesn't know. He writes, "It is a great trust to send letters home by one and a man who would betray it would very materially injure him hereafter."

Cooke, Gustave, fl. 1861-1865

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