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- GLC#
- GLC03955.10-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1861-1877
- Author/Creator
- Alsalan, fl. 1861-1877
- Title
- to Asa W. Slayton
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13.1 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Mentions death of neighbors Emily Dugal, local foster child, and Armenia [Mason] and whose father must return for NY to have a burial. Mentions farm productivity and that the house has been painted. They describe other improvements and activities on the farm. They instruct Asa to tell Chester that his wife, Sara's apples have been stolen. A cow had baby, but Asa does not want more livestock so other relatives will take it. Request that Asa write to Alsalan in Corneels letters and that he write more frequently. Also requests that this letter and the plan to write to Alsalan in Corneel's letters be kept secret.
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