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Getty, George Washington, 1819-1901 to Marsena Rudolph Patrick

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02456.11 Author/Creator: Getty, George Washington, 1819-1901 Place Written: Burke's Station, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 April 1865 Pagination: Order a Copy

Written as Brevet Major General. Getty encloses an unspecified item, and requests that General Patrick, Provost Marshal General in Richmond, send the item to a niece of Mrs. Getty (Elizabeth Graham Stevenson). Notes, "Her mother, who is with her is a sister of Mrs. G and of Brig Genl. J.D. Stevenson of the Union Army. As they are now without a male protector I beg that you see that they are not harmed." One bust engraving of Getty included as collateral.

Getty, George Washington, 1819-1901
Patrick, Marsena Rudolph, 1811-1888
Stevenson, John Dunlap, 1821-1897
Stevenson, Elizabeth Graham, fl. 1865

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