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- GLC#
- GLC01043.03
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 24, 1814
- Author/Creator
- Wood, Eleazor D., 1783-1814
- Title
- to Mary Wood
- Place Written
- West Point, Ohio
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
He discusses his desire to visit home that winter, which could not be fulfilled because he is fighting in the War of 1812. Discusses the perils of his activities in the west (in Ohio), being surrounded by Indians, and fearing he would not see his family again. He comments on various other personal news and plans to come home in the spring.
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