LETTER FROM CARRIE SPAFFORD, FIANCEE OF COL. ELLSWORTH, COMPLYING WITH AN...

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LETTER FROM CARRIE SPAFFORD, FIANCEE OF COL. ELLSWORTH, COMPLYING WITH AN AUTOGRAPH REQUEST. Dated Rockford, Illinois, December 4, 186[2], on mourning stationery. Ms. Spafford complies with a request for Ellsworth's autograph, but admits that it was difficult to select an appropriate letter from him with which she could part...

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