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Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 To Beverly Tucker

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08013.01 Author/Creator: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: May 15, 1877 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

The letter discusses Reconstruction and end of military occupation of Louisiana: "Louisiana is oncemore free!...we have now to repair the damage of 4 1/2 years war and 11 1/2 years of robbery & oppression such as no civilized people have ever yet had to bear."

Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Tucker, Beverly, fl. 1864-1877

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