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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02669.021 Author/Creator: Place Written: Fort Sumter, South Carolina Type: Autograph document Date: February 13, 1813 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19.9 cm, Width: 19.1 cm Order a Copy

The author writes about unsatisfactory living arrangements and how the contractor, paid by the government to make the quarters, did not fulfill his obligations. Most of the bottom half of the page is missing and it is possible that content was lost as a result.

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