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Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 To his wife

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04558.008 Author/Creator: Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918 Place Written: Hatteras Inlet, [North Carolina] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 January 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 25 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Traveling by ship, sea sickness: "I don't believe I have got over it yet for this eternal rocking heaving rolling bobing head [w]rong side up all the while." Cost of special food. Letter continued on 26th of January.

Tillotson, George W., 1830-1918

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