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Van Nuys, John H. to Samuel Watson Van Nuys

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07687.110 Author/Creator: Van Nuys, John H. Place Written: Franklin, Indiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1 November 1861 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope ; 32.3 x 19.6 cm. Order a Copy

Daily activities around the farm. Resumes letter two days later (3 November), and again mentions the outbreak of typhoid fever. He has heard that one fourth of Capt. William's company is sick, and that John Hervey [Harvey?] Voris accidently shot himself in the foot while sleeping on his rifle. Also discusses a letter relating details of the Confederate army's attack on Humbolt, Kansas.

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