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Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 to George Coit

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.265 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: Deep Creek, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: April 5, 1864 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy

Requests a chess handbook and describes a company box that he has acquired to hold his books and other belongings. Writes that he is in command of the Regiment because Captain Hoyt is in Portsmouth attending a court martial.

Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878

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