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Journal

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09187 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document signed Date: circa 1864 Pagination: Height: 18.5 cm, Width: 11.5 cm Order a Copy

Journal with signatures, poems, and notes written by Johnson's Island prisoners of war. Including poem, "The Prison on Lake Erie."

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