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Daniels, Cora L V. Letter to Amy Kirby Post.
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| − | I wish the friends in R - would raise a handsome little (or large) sum towards this laudable end. God knows we are poor ourselves, but we are ??? & strong & dear husband has every prospect of | + | I wish the friends in R - would raise a handsome little (or large) sum towards this laudable end. God knows we are poor ourselves, but we are ??? & strong & dear husband has every prospect of success - if the Union people can hire him at all he(underlined) will succeed. - but here is a poor widow (& there are many such) bereft of a noble husband who died nobley[sic] in defense of the right, & while she is left to starve or receive the bounty of friends the very(underlined) men(underlined) who murdered her husband are reveling in luxury - infamously pardoned by that double traitor Andrew Johnson. My blood boils & my tongue cannot find words to express my indignation when I remember & behold the |
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Page 5 I wish the friends in R - would raise a handsome little (or large) sum towards this laudable end. God knows we are poor ourselves, but we are ??? & strong & dear husband has every prospect of success - if the Union people can hire him at all he(underlined) will succeed. - but here is a poor widow (& there are many such) bereft of a noble husband who died nobley[sic] in defense of the right, & while she is left to starve or receive the bounty of friends the very(underlined) men(underlined) who murdered her husband are reveling in luxury - infamously pardoned by that double traitor Andrew Johnson. My blood boils & my tongue cannot find words to express my indignation when I remember & behold the