Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 to his family
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03603.195 Author/Creator: Coit, Charles M., 1838-1878 Place Written: Newport News, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 February 1863 Pagination: 2 p. Order a Copy
Writes that he has been using the field glass that Miss Greene sent him. Asks advice on what he should write to thank her. Asks how to address her in a letter: "Is she "dear Madame" or what." Also writes that the long lost Harper's Ferry bundle that his family sent finally arrived. Believes that they are traveling to Suffolk and requests a valise rather than his trunk.
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