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Grant, L.A., fl. 1864-1865 To Frances Davenport

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.09.09 Author/Creator: Grant, L.A., fl. 1864-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 May 1864 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope Order a Copy

One letter from Mrs. L.A. Grant to Frances Davenport dated May 15, 1864. Offers sympathy to Frances for the loss of her husband in battle. Says that she can take consolation from the fact that he was a Christian and that he died for a glorious cause.

Davenport, George D., fl. 1860-1890
Davenport Ormsbee, Frances, fl. 1860-1916
Grant, L.A., Mrs., fl. 1864

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