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Day, D.C., fl. 1864 to Sarah Ogden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06559.012 Author/Creator: Day, D.C., fl. 1864 Place Written: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1864 Pagination: 3 p. ; 18.3 x 11.3 cm. Order a Copy

Notes his camp is composed of eight thousand soldiers. Describes in detail the city of St. Louis and its French and Dutch-American society. Reports on his wife's bout with pneumonia and his own excellent health. Includes a prominent embossed seal in the upper left hand corner.

Ogden, Sarah Morris Perot, 1831-1912

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