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Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819 to Alexander Irvine

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.023.15 Author/Creator: Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819 Place Written: York Island, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 15, 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Letter written to his brother in Aberdeen, Scotland. Encloses a letter from another soldier to his brother who is also in Scotland and asks Alexander to forward it on. Remarks that he has not heard from any of his friends in Scotland for awhile. States that nothing worth mentioning has happened. Gives love to family and friends. Charles Irvine was a soldier in the British army during the Revolutionary War. Both pages have pieces with some text missing from the right edge of the letter. Letter is incomplete.

Irvine, Charles, 1756-1819
Irvine, Alexander, 1754-1844

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