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Davis, Samuel H., ?-1862 to Dolly Davis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02738.06 Author/Creator: Davis, Samuel H., ?-1862 Place Written: Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 July 1862 Pagination: 4 p. ; 19.4 x 12.8 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to his wife. Discusses his farm and the drought back home (Blackwater, Mississippi). State is not listed; however, Davis mentions being about 30 miles from Boonville, Mississippi. A draft transcript is available.

Davis, Dolly, fl. 1861-1862
Davis, Samuel H., -1862

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