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Woolston, Benjamin A., fl. 1864-1865 to Maria Woolston

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.26.14 Author/Creator: Woolston, Benjamin A., fl. 1864-1865 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 June 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope Height: 20.4 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes to his wife about their son, Charles Woolston, a soldier sick with typhoid fever in the hospital whom he went to go visit. Writes that Charles is a little better and the doctor feels he will be rational in two or three days. Says that he is not feeling so well because of loss of sleep and having to take care of Charles. On stationary of the U.S. Christian Commission.

Woolston, Benjamin A., fl. 1864-1865
Woolston, Maria, fl. 1864-1865
Woolston, Charles, fl. 1864-1865

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