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Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.135 Author/Creator: Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 Place Written: Camp near Fredericksburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter Date: January 25, 1863 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

He gives a recipe for headaches, details troop movements, and describes things getting stuck in the mud. End of letter indicates prescence of additional smaller sheet but there is no extra page in folder.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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