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- GLC#
- GLC05732.03-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 14 October 1865
- Author/Creator
- Dickson, William G., fl. 1861-1866
- Title
- to E. Levassor
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 12.7 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Dickson, who served as a Union Major during the Civil War, thanks his grandfather (possibly Eugene Levassor) for a fifty dollar check. Encloses a receipt (not included). Reports that he intends to travel to Georgia, and discusses a recent hunting and fishing excursion. Inquires as to the health of Charlie (possibly a family member). States that he received letters from General Davis Tillson and his father, both in Augusta, Georgia. Referring to a woman he calls "the widow," states "she is soon to be married ... I shall go down to Georgia try to make money and give up all thoughts of ever getting married."
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