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Slayton, Chester, fl. 1863-1864 to unknown

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03955.07 Author/Creator: Slayton, Chester, fl. 1863-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 7.3 cm, Width: 14.9 cm Order a Copy

[Written on scrap paper with no names or date] "Look out for thieves Roch. has lost four or five bushels of wheat lately others have lost oats & - we keep on the look-out- & somebody will get caught- some of these times Il bet."

Slayton, Chester, fl. 1863-1864

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