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Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893 to "my darling wife and baby"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05201.021 Author/Creator: Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893 Place Written: Pine Ridge, South Dakota Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 2 January 1891 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 25.2 cm Order a Copy

re: Hartsuff tells his wife and daughter about the conditions in his field hospital built from nothing and now housing fifty men comfortably. Claims that most of what is in the newspapers is true, but he can add nothing to the accounts because he knows nothing else. Written at the Pine Ridge Indian Agency

Hartsuff, Arthur, fl. 1870-1893

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