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- GLC#
- GLC03523.10.164-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 25, 1865
- Author/Creator
- Maitland, Joseph M., 1836-1918
- Title
- to Bell Wharton
- Place Written
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 5 p. : envelope Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Joe writes to Bell from Memphis. Responds to her comments on Lord Byron. Admits he is not capable of loving with his whole heart, "But I know I love you more than I can love any one else." Inquires what she would say if he proposed marriage to her. Asks her to "think well" before she answers.
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