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1. Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, June 30, 1862

Letter from Emma Pringle Alston to Charles Alston, June 30, 1862
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1862-06-30
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A handwritten, three-page letter from Emma Alston to her husband, Charles, in which she encourages him to provide additional provisions, including meat and tobacco, for the enslaved people to prevent them from running away to the Union Army. She also discusses the necessities for the repair of their farm, requesting that he arrange for enslaved labor and materials to be sent.

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