Letter to Spotswood W. Corbin

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Written from Richmond, Virginia. Letter regards the outbreak of the Civil War.

Language:
English .
Other descriptive data:

Richmond
25 Apl 1861

My dear Wellford,
You can best serve the cause by staying at home, planting corn & potatoes, than you can by coming here. There is a great press here. The people along the river are wanted at home to form police, guard, & c.
In great haste. yrs.
M.F. Maury

Don't come

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