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- GLC#
- GLC07231.02-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 10, 1853
- Author/Creator
- Stevens, Aaron D., 1831-1860
- Title
- to his sister
- Place Written
- Fort Massachusetts, New Mexico
- Pagination
- 2 p. :
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Tells news of life as dragoon, and boredom of time at Fort Massachusetts. Mentions the possibility of tracking Utah Indians to Salt Lake, possibility of returning east, of traveling to California. Discusses brother Lemuel's decision to become a whaler.
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