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Stafford, Robert H., fl. 1837-1866 to Sister

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02618.014 Author/Creator: Stafford, Robert H., fl. 1837-1866 Place Written: Davis Fort Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 January 1862 Pagination: 2.5 p. ; 27 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Mentions that Henry arrived with some boxes. Talks of not coming home after the war but of reenlisting and going to Kentucky. Notes that he has enclosed a ring he made himself.

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