Fentress, David
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Letter written by David Fentress to his wife Clara in which he tries to set the record straight on his relationships with other women before their marriage. He was also concerned about the corn crop and the state of the garden. He writes down what he has read about President Lincoln's recently published proclamation that would take freed slaves and allow them to fight in the northern army (possibly the Emancipation Proclamation).[5] p. ; 8 x 10 cm.
Text
Webb, David
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- Agriculture Farming Corn
- Archives
- Cassidy, Mary
- Civil War
- Courtship
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Fentress Family
- Government
- Government And Law Elected Officials Presidents
- Government And Law Legal Documents
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Military And War Wars Civil War
- Slaver
- Social Life And Customs Correspondence
- Social Life And Customs Slavery
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