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- GLC#
- GLC04672.04-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1 June 1868
- Author/Creator
- Conger, Levi P., fl. 1824-1868
- Title
- to Ann Conger
- Place Written
- Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
- Pagination
- 2 p. : envelope Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Writes to his wife that he has walked 120 miles in four days and still has another 130 miles to go into the mountains. His feet are sore but he feels great. Describes sleeping on the ground and the arduous journey ahead of him. The included envelope possibly held this letter.
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