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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.26.16 Author/Creator: Woolston, Benjamin A., fl. 1864-1865 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 June 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy

Writes to his wife about their son, Charles Woolston, a soldier sick with typhoid fever in the hospital whom he went to go visit. Reports that Charles is about the same. He is anxious to return home but does not know when that will be. Asks her to tell him if the girl came to help her with work. Advises her not to work so hard and not to worry.

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

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