Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865 to Mary M. Bogart and children
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.11.31 Author/Creator: Bogart, Abram, fl. 1825-1865 Place Written: Hiltonhead, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11/01/1864 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 25.5 cm Order a Copy
Writes to his wife and children expressing that he would very much like to come home and that "it is no comfort for me to be away from home so long and living like arabs in tents and not houses..." Informs her that James, possibly a neighbor or friend from home, came for a visit. Ends letter by writing, "I will close it by saying that you must take good care of yourself and babys for you wont get eny more..."
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