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Goss, H. Warren, fl. 1864 To Frances Davenport

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.09.03 Author/Creator: Goss, H. Warren, fl. 1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 May 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope Order a Copy

One letter from H. Warren Goss to Frances Davenport dated May 13, 1864. Reports that he has sent for George's body hopes that he has done what she would have directed if she had been there. Suggests that she and her friends come over.

Davenport, George D., fl. 1860-1890
Davenport Ormsbee, Frances, fl. 1860-1916
Goss, H. Warren, fl. 1864

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