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        "McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885",
        "Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865",
        "Middleton, Minerva Emaline, 1820-1895",
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        "Presidential campaign, 1864"
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    "ocrText": "TRUNAS\nLIBRARY\nI I\nSept 19 the 764\nSERVE COVERNING\nBagdad Authy Co Kg\nDear\n& family I seal myself this Eve, To drop\nyou afiew Lines, of Inquiry This 20 the\n2 letter I have wrate you since I dunt\nyour money to you, and not a him have\ng Precied from you yet, I am approxions\nto hear from you and know whether\nyou SPee your many on not, DJ dut\nManervas to his the doine day I\nsent yours and the has SPIC here\nLong since, and Respandred Back, To They\nhad fur then to ga Than yours, and they Soth\nhad to Travel The some 830ad, I have become\nfor from you have not THE yours yet\nas you have not written to me before His\nThose Lines deaves us all will, mathin If\nnetal have she whit home withwilling m\ndame Three days since and has not Stund\nI worked for her to day But she has notcome get\nI have nothing New or very Intruating\nMore Than what you all In peperpron of\nwe are all In for Holellan for the\nfriew southern\nRights men day They will vate for\nLincoln of they do Jam In hopes that\nOld abe may pup Them, They have bin\nso appear to Lincoln and now say\nThey will note for him & what hes\nbecome of Ella she never write to me\nWillie Imiddlition Is In from Mo thats\nManuvas dons he Is going To school In\nthelbyrith he sap Ella Is grown\nand sparting the Bahoys like wild\nfin, will Ella you must with me word\nwho Is your writheat Is, well to make\nthat Patong question I would Like\nto Les you all mighty will and eauther\nand spind afrew days with you, when I\nleft mo I chiel not Think Twouldly\nthis long before I would have visited of\nyou But such has bin the case I gup\nI would have bin out There singhey hour\nthin married had at bin so that\nI could have Leftt the Old Halky\nany old woman has agreet many nor\nRelations I clay T gackson country\nshe has sincly I annts Bath ant there\nIn on Near diberty T Independance\nAndy my old waman Is didbut\nRelations of Old also Sincaln, her\ngrend ma was a Lincoln, and the has\nan much Loing about Liburty 83y the\nnome of Lincoln, But we are not\nLincoln the we are In favour of the\nunion as 21 was and the Constitution\nas 2t 23, and I Think we will get 11\nIn Governber 83y Electing gen george\nB M&Gullan for president,\nhas always bin my formate Ever\nsince this was Commen ced, for fear\nof wearrying your patience an this letter\nof Inquiry I will class my darling\nand Little dorling this love to jan\nall so Look one mistakes Bod whing\nand Believe me as Ever yours Their\nAmie, &, Juman\nmath Masily misble an hum an\nD\nTRUMA LIBRARY\nHARRY NATIONAL SERVICE we PRIMENT\nP,SI have Some H Florusand\nTabacco plants Kniws enthing\nand the wither puts very\nmuch Like frast, have\nsome to 43, had of chays I woul\nsell 35-I I sill H\n8 cint, for ibnow shove 55-acres of\nCom 21-2s laterable good my hogs cust\nme 2n the spring 291,00D D allars 12 have\nI have 2 head of fine horses & 2 collinue stock\nwhich / paid 80,00 for her; sold her 60431,00 ent\nsome 6 head of calle Isola a high shrathinely\n/ a yearling and the the isping callis we (Ransie)\nmorwh X he gotabout 2c Sushils 124 acry\n28208 per Bus V"
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