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Letter from Swift Creek

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31827
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Newsy letter from Lydia A. Chapman to her daughter Bettie _____, dated April 12, 1866. The letter talks of the damage done by Union forces in Swift Creek. Jimmie Roach died in 1864 from small pox. Abner Edwards died three weeks after coming home from the Civil War. Dr. Beckwith mistakenly shot and killed. Jane Lancaster died of the small pox. Julia Chapman had daughter Liz Harvey. Bill Butler married Julia Dudley. Fred Lancaster is teaching school. Thomas Langley married.
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