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Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-? to Frances B. Shiras

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02429.32 Author/Creator: Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-? Place Written: Nebraska Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 December 1872 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 20.5 x 26.1 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses Mrs. Hinman's illness and other ill women at the Santee Mission. Indicates she is making a dress and that her husband and son are in need of new clothes. Comments about how she should be thankful to God at Christmas for living another year. Discusses her need for a thick shawl. Also comments on the death of Christian Taopi. Notes her receipt of Shiras's photo, and her want of a similar one of herself, in a post script.

Shiras, Frances B., 1814-?
Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-?
Taopi, Christian, -1872

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