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Hazlett, Albert (1837-1860) to Anne Brown Adams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.56.01 Author/Creator: Hazlett, Albert (1837-1860) Place Written: Charleston Jail, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 March 1860 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; Order a Copy

One letter from Albert Hazlett to Anne Brown Adams dated March 1, 1860. Thanking her for her letter to him in "his prison home." Discussing his fate and death and visits from the "ladies" and "gentlemen."

Hazlett, Albert, 1837-1860
Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926

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