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partial letter or diary entry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.260 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: circa 1861-1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 14 cm, Width: 8 cm Order a Copy

He talks about the kind of drills they are doing.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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