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Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02750.012 Author/Creator: Bliss, Zenas Randall, 1835-1900 Place Written: Point Isabel, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 13, 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 31.3 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Bliss requires the recipient (possibly Captain Ethan A. Jenks) to travel to Whitley County, Kentucky. Orders the recipient to seize all the corn he finds without taking corn from families who need it for their own subsistence.

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1828-1901

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