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Maitland, James M., 1815-1864 to Elhanan M. Mast [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.10.047 Author/Creator: Maitland, James M., 1815-1864 Place Written: Champaign County, Ohio Type: Autograph letter Date: 3 October 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 30.7 cm, Width: 38.2 cm Order a Copy

Writes to his brother-in-law giving him updates on different members of the community. Reports on the whereabouts of Joseph, his son's, military regiment. Describes a battle that Joseph wrote to him about, which involved General William Nelson, writing that "the Bullets flew like hail and one of them came so close that it skinned his nose." Letter is incomplete and unsigned.

Maitland, James M., 1815-1864
Mast, Elhanan M., fl., 1853-1862
Nelson, William, 1824-1862

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