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Unknown No. 18

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08413.02 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Envelope Date: 19 May 1861 Pagination: 1 envelope ; 12.5 x 8 cm. Order a Copy

written on back, note in pencil reads "Mr. Blake, our boys must be with Banks in their retreat, I think.-Mrs. L. Smith

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