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Woolston, Charles, fl. 1864-1865 to Benjamin A. Woolston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.26.01 Author/Creator: Woolston, Charles, fl. 1864-1865 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 October 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Writes to his father in Tullytown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania that he is well and reports that he enlisted in the third Pennsylvania Cavalry yesterday but was rejected as of yet. States that he left his clothes in the receiving office to be picked up within the week. Writes that when he gets paid, he will send it home by express. Informs that he brought a gold lever watch but remarks that there are a lot of pickpockets. Written from Camp Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Woolston, Charles, fl. 1864-1865
Woolston, Benjamin A., fl. 1864-1865

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