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Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 to his family

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.072 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 January 1862 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Responds to three letters he has received from his family all at once. Reports that he has been transferred to another ship where the field staff shares a cabin.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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