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Box 1

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Contains 1 Result:

Bowdlear, Samuel G. A.L.S. to Austin C. Wellington; Boston, 1863 June 16

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
Call Number: MS 3929
Scope and Contents

Brief news of Wellington's friend Spencer's return to Massachusetts. Reaction to General Lee's raids in Pennsylvania, and a pleasant correction of the rumor that Kirby Smith had routed General Banks's forces in Louisiana.  Brief report of a meeting in Albany that discussed the Constitutionality of Lincoln's decisions, his treatment of the law.  News of "rebel privateers" playing "mischief" with Union merchant ships. 2 s. (8 p.)  With transcription.

Dates: 1863 June 16