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G.F.H., fl. 1864 to Mary Reeser

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.43.21 Author/Creator: G.F.H., fl. 1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 December 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.3 cm Order a Copy

Comments that he just returned from a meeting in Chandlersburg, [Pennsylvania] where they sang and had a prayer meeting. Tells Mary which girls went home with whom from the meeting. Describes eavesdropping on a conversation that he heard on his way back from the meeting. Writes of General George Meade stopping for the winter. Mentions that there will be a donation held at a gentleman's house next Wednesday.

G.F.H., fl. 1864
Reeser, Mary, fl. 1864
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

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