Dane, fl. 1862 to Carrie
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.25.24 Author/Creator: Dane, fl. 1862 Place Written: Chester, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: November 5, 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy
Letter written to a friend (or family member) away at school. Comments on news of friends, family, and recent events in Chester. Writes, "Since you left here our village population has been honorably in[creased] by a colony of Negroes- bucks, wenches... how would you like to live in a house with a negro family? Benj Bright has got home again and brought a negro with him dont you think we will have enough negroes soon?"
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