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Wells, Edmund C., fl. 1864-1865 to Maria

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08311.14 Author/Creator: Wells, Edmund C., fl. 1864-1865 Place Written: Cumberland, MD Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 26, 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : + envelope Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

went to Cincinnati with the company of a 2M clerk passing through Wheeling. visited Harry Blackburn and family. the streets of Cincinnati were filled with flags on account of the fall of Charleston. General Crook and Kelly were captured.

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