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Unknown partial letter or diary entry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.260 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: Pagination: 1 p. ; 14 x 8 cm. Order a Copy

He talks about the kind of drills they are doing.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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