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Walbridge, Louise, fl. 1865 to Charles Walbridge

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04663.73 Author/Creator: Walbridge, Louise, fl. 1865 Place Written: Buffalo, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 October 1865 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

Family news and weather. A rash of break-ins has made the family uneasy. "I heard a commotion down stairs and Mother opening the front door, a very little thing alarms us in these days of murders and robberies so I ran down stairs as fast as I could. Harry, half dressed, proceeded me revolver stuck into his pocket. Our danger, melted away when we saw Mother, Bille, and Annie reading a telegraph saying that Minnie started[home] tonight..."

Walbridge, Charles E., 1842-?

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