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Hutson, Charles J. (1842-1902) to O'Haily

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08165.11 Author/Creator: Hutson, Charles J. (1842-1902) Place Written: Gillisonville, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 October 1860 Pagination: 4 p. Order a Copy

Apologizes for not writing earlier. Mentions having a fever frequently. He is looking forward to the Columbia visit. Gives family news. Comments on the corruption of government. Quotes "extracts from a relic of antiquity" in Latin. Hutson was a Corporal, 1st South Carolina Infantry, during the Civil War.

Hutson, Charles J., 1842-1902

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