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Colcock, William Ferguson, 1804-1889 to Charles J. C. Hutson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.77 Author/Creator: Colcock, William Ferguson, 1804-1889 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Document signed Date: 7 September 1861 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

Telegraph stating that his daughter, Emmeline Colcock, is critically ill. See GLC 8165.77-.81. Emmeline and Hutson were engaged. She died of typhoid fever the next day. Hutson was a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War.

Colcock, William Ferguson, 1804-1889
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902
Colcock, Emmeline, 1841-1861

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