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Axson, Samuel Edward, 1836-1884 to Charles J. Hutson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.41 Author/Creator: Axson, Samuel Edward, 1836-1884 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 September 1861 Pagination: 5 p. : + env. Order a Copy

Letter of condolence from a pastor upon the death of Hutson's fiancee, Emmeline Colcock, who died of typhoid fever earlier that month. Suggests that comfort can be found in the knowledge that this was God's plan and advises him to seek God. Axson was the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, Georgia. Hutson served as a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War.

Axson, Samuel Edward, 1836-1884
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
Colcock, Emmeline, 1841-1861

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