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Marvin, Matthew, fl. 1863-1864 to Sarah Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06559.065 Author/Creator: Marvin, Matthew, fl. 1863-1864 Place Written: St. Charles, Illinois Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 19.9 cm, Width: 12.7 cm Order a Copy

Letter was written on the 11th and 12th (month not noted). Thanks Ogden and the women at the Philadelphia hospital for their care. He plans on returning to service on the seventeenth. Says he is not recuperating as fast as he would like, and may need another operation. He concludes by thanking Ogden for the poetry she sent with her last letter. Envelope includes a three cent stamp.

Ogden, Sarah Morris Perot, 1831-1912

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