Tittle, George A. to his sister
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02828.16 Author/Creator: Tittle, George A. Place Written: Aboard USS Kearsarge at Dover, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 May 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25.2 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Tells her he informed her that he would be home soon in his last letter, but he says that information was premature. Reports that on the day they were supposed to sail for Madeira, they received dispatches from the American minister to France, which detained them. Since then they have been sailing in the Straits of Dover. Says he is still of the opinion that they will be home in July. Claims it is rumored that the "Rappahannock" will never leave Calais as a Confederate vessel and that the Russians are about to purchase her. Leaves tomorrow for Flushing, Holland and probably from there to Antwerp.
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