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- GLC#
- GLC03523.52.47-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- circa 1864
- Author/Creator
- Kessler, Thomas J., fl. 1843-1868
- Title
- to A. P. Kessler [incomplete]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 4 p. : envelope Height: 20.3 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Writes to his father. Discusses the farm and the prospects of his father buying a new farm. Comments he does not believe he will be fit enough to work on a farm or to do any hard work. Reports on a battle that took place a week ago. Notes they lost over 1000 men and the rebels lost ten men to their one as well as two of their generals. Part of the letter is missing. The letter has a watermark on the top left hand corner.
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