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Jones, Ira D., fl. 1862-1863 to Sarah Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06559.055 Author/Creator: Jones, Ira D., fl. 1862-1863 Place Written: North Eagle, Michigan Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 February 1863 Pagination: 3 p. ; 20.1 x 12.9 cm. Order a Copy

Requests a loan of two hundred dollars to pay for his home. Says he will pay the loan back over four years. Offers to give Ogden a mortgage on the house if she grants him this favor. Identifies himself to Ogden as a soldier she nursed in a Philadelphia hospital, whose left hand was wounded, and to whom she gave a pillow to rest the hand on during his journey home.

Ogden, Sarah Morris Perot, 1831-1912

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