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Hastings, R.D., fl. 1863 to Sarah Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06559.048 Author/Creator: Hastings, R.D., fl. 1863 Place Written: Pottsville, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 20 December 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy

Informs Ogden that he received a pass home before he had to return to his company. Thanks her for the kindness she showed him during his stay at the Broad and Cherry Hospital. Includes an embossed in the upper left hand corner. Envelope includes a three cent stamp.

Ogden, Sarah Morris Perot, 1831-1912

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