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- GLC#
- GLC07231.13-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 13 March 1860
- Author/Creator
- Stevens, Aaron D., 1831-1860
- Title
- to his brother Henry
- Place Written
- Charlestown, Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : envelope
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Bids his brother farewell, with knowledge of his upcoming death. Encourages Henry to explore spiritiualism and to live rightly: "as you love yourself as you love man as you love woman, as you love god, work with your head heart and hands for the happiness of yourself and all the world." Written from Charlestown jail.
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