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Howe, Nathan, fl. 1864-1865 to John Reeser

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.43.17 Author/Creator: Howe, Nathan, fl. 1864-1865 Place Written: Monroe, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 November 1864 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 25.3 cm Order a Copy

Discusses putting Lincoln in for four more years. Inquires if Reeser received his letter requesting gloves and if so for Reeser to send him the gloves along with ten dollars. Tells him that he is out of money and won't get paid for another month. Inquires after a female, saying that if she is a Copperhead that she need not write to him. Comments that he will fight until the rebels are locked out. Describes giving the rebels hell on the 24th on the old barracks battleground.

Howe, Nathan, fl. 1864-1865
Reeser, John, fl. 1862-1865

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