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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.134 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: Fredericksburg, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 August 1862 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Writes that he is sending his trunk home with his broken revolver in it. Asks his family to fix the revolver so that his brother, George, might have it.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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