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1861 CIVIL WAR SOLDIER LETTER - PATRIOTIC STATIONERY




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Reference Number: Avaluer:191256Featured Refinements: Civil War Letter
Original Description:
Civil War soldier's letter, 1 pg., (1st pg. of a 4 pg. letter sheet), approx. 4-1/2" x 7-1/2", datelined "Elmira, Oct. 19, 1861", from I. (or J.) W. Averill, "Private U.S. Army Co. A", to the "Dear folks at home". Written on patriotic stationery, with red & blue illustration of the sun shining behind the flag, with "PROTECT IT!"The letter reads (spelling corrected):"Dear folks at home, We arrived here the 18 safe, and our removal being postponed and some of our boys are going home ...on a furlough, I will send by Joseph Virginia. Please send back by him the blue coverlet and 1 towel. I am as well as ever and have got used to our fare, which I will tell some other time. It is dark now and we have no light. I.W. Averill, Private U.S. Army co. A"Very Fine.COMBINED SHIPPING FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS.[DD #20]



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