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Hotel Fire! Portsmouth, Virginia, 1859

Posted on May 1, 2015 by skinnerf

Macon House Jan: 16th 1859 Dear Eliza As you will rather expect to hear from me tomorrow evening, and as also events occurring around me since I left you enable me to scribble off a long & interesting letter, I … Continue reading →

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