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Neafie, Theodore F. to: sister Carrie.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07164.61 Author/Creator: Neafie, Theodore F. Place Written: Leavenworth, Kansas. Type: Letter signed Date: 8 March 1866 Pagination: Folio, 1.5 p. Order a Copy

Describes possible plans to travel to Fort Riley or perhaps somewhere further west to build a fortune, and a hope that she not become alarmed if his communications are not often.

Neafie, Theodore Frelinghuysen, 1845-1879

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