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Summary
Addressed to Mrs. Nancy McCoy, Duncannon, Perry County, Pennsylvania; postmarked Louisville, Ky., Feb. 2, 1863; bears 3 cent stamp.
Letter from Private Isaac McCoy of Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment found with envelope processed as LOT 14043-3, no. 25; clipping found with envelope processed as LOT 14043-3, no. 26.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127)
Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress).
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Date
01/01/1861
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Library of Congress
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