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Shrieves, Chas D., fl. 1864-1865 to Frances Davenport

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.09.41 Author/Creator: Shrieves, Chas D., fl. 1864-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 April 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : envelope ; Order a Copy

One letter from Chas. D. Shrieves to Frances Davenport dated April 25, 1865. Suggest that she write to Washington to get the information she desires regarding her late husband.

Davenport, George D., fl. 1860-1890
Davenport Ormsbee, Frances, fl. 1860-1916
Shrieves, Chas D., fl. 1864-1865

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