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Swisher, Daniel to sister [Lydia A. Bishoff]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.40.21 Author/Creator: Swisher, Daniel Place Written: Falmouth, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 9 February 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 13.7 x 21.6 cm. Order a Copy

Swisher plans to send Bishoff a valentine [see # 32 for text of the valentine].

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