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- GLC#
- GLC03523.06.02-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- February 9, 1864
- Author/Creator
- Fairchild, Lewis D., 1829-?
- Title
- to Sephronia Fairchild
- Place Written
- Elmira, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : envelope Height: 19.3 cm, Width: 24.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Fairchild writes to his wife from Elmira, New York on 9 February 1864 and completes the letter on 10 February 1864 from Norwich, New York. Once at Norwich, he states he was made assistant sergeant of the barracks. His health has never been better. His pay is slow in coming, but he hopes to send her one hundred dollars soon. The letter is written in pencil and slightly faded in areas.
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