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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06589 Author/Creator: Place Written: Ship Island, Mississippi Type: Broadside Date: 2 May 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy
Rare newspaper extra from Ship Island containing two letters by Admiral Farragut to the Mayor of New Orleans. On verso is an autograph letter signed (undated) from Union soldier S. S. Eastman to a friend. Severe ink bleed-through throughout.
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