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- GLC#
- GLC06774
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1845/11/25
- Author/Creator
- Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
- Title
- to William Letcher re: Houston's retirement and first born son
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 28.2 cm, Width: 22.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Concerning Houston's desire for a life of happy domesticity in retirement, "to pass the remainder of my earthly existence" with his wife ("she gets all the credit for my good actions, and I have to endure all the censure of my bad ones.") and first-born son ("he will do for pioneer").
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