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Hutson, Sarah McLeod, fl. 1863 to Charles J. Hutson (missing pages)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.12 Author/Creator: Hutson, Sarah McLeod, fl. 1863 Place Written: Barnwell, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter Date: 05 November 1863 Pagination: 2 p. + env. Order a Copy

Discusses health, weather, and family news. A note on the letter's envelope identifies the author, who was a refugee during the Civil War. She was the wife of Richard Woodward Hutson and mother of her correspondent, who was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War.

Hutson, Sarah McLeod, fl. 1862-1863
Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

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