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Jenkins, James H. (b. 1841) to Charles G. Stack

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02484.02 Author/Creator: Jenkins, James H. (b. 1841) Place Written: Oshkosh, Wisconsin Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 November 1910 Pagination: 1 p. ; 13 x 11.5 cm. Order a Copy

Promises that as soon as his health improves he will comply with the request to send a photograph. Some text lost on the right side of the letter.

James H. Jenkins served in the Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, where he helped create the song, "John Brown's Body."

Jenkins, James Howard, 1841-?
Stack, Charles G., 1867-?
Brown, John, 1800-1859

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