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Colcock, C.L., fl. 1846 to Thomas H. Colcock (incomplete)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.01 Author/Creator: Colcock, C.L., fl. 1846 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 1846 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Order a Copy

Discusses getting caught up in a squall on the Broad River in the Carolinas. Details the near escape of the boat and the salvation of himself and the others sailing with him. States that one person on the boat died when the boat overturned. Last page or pages are missing.

Colcock, Thomas, fl. 1846
Colcock, C.L., fl. 1846

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