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Past Voices Pennsylvania Letters

Giesy Letter to Mr. Samuel Giesy, Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, from his mother, Mary M. Giesy, Lancaster, Ohio, December 28, 1843
Pearson Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Faries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Eunice B. Pearson, West Chester, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1839
Clarke Letter to R. H. Beattie, care of Dr. F. S. Beattie, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from James Clarke, Havana, Cuba, September 29, 1835
Letter to Samuel Cox, Jr., Theological Seminary, Chelsea Square, New York, from his mother, A. M. Cox, April 12, 1847; postmarked Philadelphia [?], Pennsylvania, April 12
Curwin, Joseph 126th PA Inf in VA to sister Mary 10 Nov. 1862 [ CIVIL WAR]
Letter to Mr. Jas. B. E. Daugherty, No. 140/2 High St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from his brother, M. Jos. Daugherty, Lancaster, Ohio, October 24, 1842
Letter from J. M. Earle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to his wife Sarah H. (Hussey) Earle, Care of J. M. Earle, Worcester, Massachusetts, May 28, 1846
Johnson, Lt. Joseph Johson, 58th Pennsylvania Inf.re death of Col. John Richter Jones of North Carolina, 1863 [ CIVIL WAR]
Keller Collection of letters written by Sgt John W. Keller of Kentucky during the Mexican USA War to his family in Pennsylvania
Letter from Mary P. Parsons, Goshen, Massachusetts, to her cousin Miss Julia A. Joy, Care of C. C. Grugan, No. 140 Chesnut Str., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 20, 1843
Letter to Mr. A. J. [L. J.?] Millard, Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio, from W. A. Thomson, Concord, Pennsylvania October 19, 1845
White Collection of letters from Luella White in Perth Amboy N.J. to Edith Williams, Upper Black Eddy, Bucks Co, PA

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