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Alden, William H., 1844-? to Mother

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02831.47 Author/Creator: Alden, William H., 1844-? Place Written: Crow Creek Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 March 1865 Pagination: 2.5 p. : Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

He doesn't have much work to do now that he is acting as clerk. The Indians had to move out onto the highland. Hostile Indians attacked a group of white men and they lost all their ponies and had to leave all their furs out on the prairie.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Alden, William H., 1844-1918

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