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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02751.39 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 July 1863 Pagination: 2 p. ; 15.5 x 24.5 cm. Order a Copy

He talks of how honorable Serano was and how his life was taken much too soon. He will pray that god spares the life of her other son.

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