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Blanchard, Ira, 1835-? to Mary (Wright) Kellogg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.31.01 Author/Creator: Blanchard, Ira, 1835-? Place Written: Camp Lyon, Kentucky Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 22, 1861 Pagination: 6 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 23.5 cm Order a Copy

Blanchard writes to Mary Wright from Camp Lyon. Discusses his holiday party and how he "...devoured his share of all the delicate dishes from the North." Complains of the hard crackers used as bread on marches. Informs there are two hundred confederate prisoners in camp that do much of the work. Written in Camp Lyon .

Blanchard, Ira, 1835-?
Kellogg, Mary Wright, 1844-1912

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