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Summary
Addressed to Miss Mary J. Chambers, Toledo, Tama County, Iowa; illegible postmark.
Handwritten poem on verso: In years agone, when quiet reigned, throughout this happy land. Before rebellion had attained, so great a warlike hand. Then all went plodding straight along, in honest independence. And peace and friendship, tried and strong, were ever in attendance. But now rebellious war & strife, has set the world agoing. It takes the husband from his wife, the lover from his wooing.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127)
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Date
01/01/1861
Source
Library of Congress
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