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Grant, Jesse Root (1794-1873) To: M. Armstrong & Sons

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04360.003 Author/Creator: Grant, Jesse Root (1794-1873) Place Written: Covington Type: Letter Date: 1865/06/10 Pagination: Order a Copy

Inquiring about the prices of cotton in February of 1863. He had sent 500 bales to New York to be sold and believes he was cheated. He thanks Armstrong for a "complimentary notice of my 'soldier boy.' But I often receive such letters."

Grant, Jesse Root, 1794-1873

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