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Past Voices Virginia Letters

Bass Andrew Jackson Bass to his wife Ellender Davis from Camp Lee, VA 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]
Kent Elenora Kent (Mrs. Peter Van Angelen) Memoirs 1894 mentions Hart family of VA & LaTourette Family of Staten Island NY
McCoy, Robert. Letter to his brother, Joseph in Jackson Co. Va (WV) on March 20, 1831.
Mason, John H., 52 NC Inf. to brother from camp in VA 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]
Williams J.D. Sept 27th, 1864 Petersburg VA To Molsey M. Williams [ CIVIL WAR]

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