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- GLC#
- GLC02691.11.068-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 24 August 1864
- Author/Creator
- Octavia, fl. 1864
- Title
- to my dearest uncle [Miller A. Wright]
- Place Written
- Lake Spring, Georgia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 32.6 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
[niece] Judging by the handwriting, it is probable that it is a young girl. Presumably it is written to Miller A. Wright, though his name does not appear anywhere on the letter. Sentimental description of home life. Mother is making Grandpa a "pear" of gloves. "Don't you want a pair?" the writer asks. She and the other children "send…(Miller)…a kiss-and want to see…(him)…soon.'
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