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Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 to Isora Skinkle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.32.44 Author/Creator: Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 June 1868 Pagination: 4p. : Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy

Informs her that he is working by the month earning $18 a month for eight months. Reports that they are having fine weather and that the crops are looking well. City is listed as Otsego, but no state is noted. Could be Minnesota or Michigan.

Sayles, Sumner, fl. 1862-1868
Skinkle, Isora, fl. 1860-1868

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