Van Nuys, John H. to Samuel Watson Van Nuys
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07687.119 Author/Creator: Van Nuys, John H. Place Written: Franklin, Indiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 January 1862 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope ; 19.9 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy
Recounts the latest news of the war, including two vistories in Kentucky ("the last one at or near Somersett"). Refers to mortgages, credit, and unfavorable prices: "....prices of everything is on the decline that the farmer has to sell, and what he has to buy just the opposite."
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