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- GLC#
- GLC02669.106-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 7 August 1864
- Author/Creator
- Knapp, David Scott, fl. 1839-1864
- Title
- to David Knapp and Clarissa Knapp
- Place Written
- U.S.S. Fort Donelson [near Wilmington]
- Pagination
- 5 p. : envelope Height: 31.6 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
This document contains two letters written by David Scott Knapp. In his first letter, Knapp, a sailor on a privateer on blockade duty, writes to his father and mother, describing chasing a blockade runner which escaped them. Knapp's second letter is dated August 10, 1864, and is addressed to only his father. In his letter, Knapp primarily discusses family matters and asks his father to write him longer letters. This letter is accompanied by an envelope postmarked August 12.
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