Axson, Samuel Edward, 1836-1884 to Charles J. Hutson

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GLC#
GLC08165.41-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
30 September 1861
Author/Creator
Axson, Samuel Edward, 1836-1884
Title
to Charles J. Hutson
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
5 p. : + env.
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Letter of condolence from a pastor upon the death of Hutson's fiancee, Emmeline Colcock, who died of typhoid fever earlier that month. Suggests that comfort can be found in the knowledge that this was God's plan and advises him to seek God. Axson was the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, Georgia. Hutson served as a Corporal in the 1st South Carolina Infantry during the Civil War.

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