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- GLC#
- GLC01896.051-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1863/04/03
- Author/Creator
- Jeffery, Richard W., fl. 1855-1899
- Title
- to Aaron Jeffery
- Place Written
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Richard reports on his arrival in the city of Charleston and finds it "...much more quiet than I supposed they would be." He asserts that the people believe that the Yankees will not attack the city and that they are going about "their ordinary pursuits" as if war was a distant prospect.
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