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Box 4273.001

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

D. Spreacher Letter, 1866 March 26

 Item — Box: 4273.001, Folder: 046
Scope and Contents Letter from a Christian minister (possibly Lutheran) in Jonesboro, Illinois, to his friend George Schramm in Farmington, Iowa. The letter discusses a growing church membership in his area. He also discusses at length national politics, U.S. Army deserters during the Civil War, and former slaves in the South, saying, "God pity the poor negro."
Dates: 1866 March 26
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4273, Wade Hall Collection of Civil War Materials