Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878) to his family
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.068 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M. (1838-1878) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 18 January 1862 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy
Written on board the ship "H. J. Brookman." Mentions that he is still on the ship and has no contact with the outside world besides the occasional conversation with a tugboat crew that sails out to the ship. Many men on the ship have been seasick but he writes that he has not been ill. The officers have been passing the time by sleeping.
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