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Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933 to Caleb Brown and Emily Brown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.15.17 Author/Creator: Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 September 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.1 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks them for the final $10 they sent. Though it was state money, he manages to use it by trading it to another soldier who sent it home. Written from the 5th Maine Battery.

Brown, Jesse, 1844-1933

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