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Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933 to sister

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.15.02 Author/Creator: Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933 Place Written: Rappahannock Station, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 28 August 1863 Pagination: 3 p. ; 20.1 x 24.6 cm. Order a Copy

He has been sick and finally saw the doctor, who gave him some pills but did not excuse him from duty. Comments on the list of drafted men in the newspaper (Enrollment Act of July 1863).

Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933

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