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Miller, Eliza, fl. 1857 [to her brother Tobias Gibson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.083 Author/Creator: Miller, Eliza, fl. 1857 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 September 1857 Pagination: 6 p. ; 20 x 13.5 cm. Order a Copy

Recipient is inferred from content of the letter. Eliza describes her stay at the Battery Hotel and hopes that such resorts in the South will prevent Southerners from going north "in search of pleasure or comfort."

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892

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