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[Civil War envelope showing eagle atop shield with messages "Union!" and "Emblem of our nation's liberty"]
Summary
Addressed to Miss Paulina Hurst, Brea [i.e. Berea?] P.O., Cuyhoga [i.e. Cuyahoga] Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Kanawha C.H., Va., Dec. 14, 1862.
Annotation on recto: Soldier's letter, L. S. Elliott, Col. 47th.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
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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