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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 to Mrs. Henry Slocum

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08113.01 Author/Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 9, 1889 Pagination: Order a Copy

Thanking her for flowers sent on his 69th birthday: "If I can worry through another year...time with his scythe... may make a deep swath, but cannot cheat me of seventy years on this insignificant globe with a fair measure of life's pleasures and cares and responsibilities."

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