Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 to Isora Skinkle
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.32.36 Author/Creator: Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 July 1864 Pagination: 3p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.7 cm Order a Copy
Writes to his sister. Mentions that the men are feeling rowdy for this Fourth of July. Comments that they want to have a good time while they have a chance to. Discusses how bad he felt when heard about Oney's (possible family friend) wife killing herself while Oney was in the army. Writes that it was especially bad since she had so many small children and now there is no one left to take care of them. Request that she writes him back with all the latest news. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner.
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