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Coffen, Sallie, fl. 1860 to sister Lizzie

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02740.63 Author/Creator: Coffen, Sallie, fl. 1860 Place Written: Bay Side Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 March 1861 Pagination: 8 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

No year: Everyone is well, though Father still smokes.She would like to come home in the Fall. She visited John recently. She mentions the Crocker boys.

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