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Sallie Leeper Scott Letter, 1865 (Ms1989-092)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1989-092

Dates

  • 1865

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Letter, written April 15 and 16, 1865, to Robert Barnett of the Chief Carpenter Shop in Washington, D.C., from Scott in Lower Chanceford Township, York County, PA. Scott writes about a letter she received two weeks before from the President, and how hands are needed at home to work on a canal. Online transcript available (http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/seeper.html).

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

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