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Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 to Thomas L. Alexander

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03020 Author/Creator: Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898 Place Written: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 April 1854 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 18 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Sends him "Office II of the exercises." Signed as his "brother in the Most Sacred Heart of J. C." The organization in which the two men were associated was possibly one of the Confraternities of the Sacred Heart, a voluntary association of Roman Catholics.

Rosecrans, William S., 1819-1898
Alexander, Thomas L., fl. 1854

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