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1841 August 15 . Henry L. Smith ALS to M[atthew] S. Culbertson; Fort Livingson, Louisiana

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Box 3
Abstract:
Letter from one 1839 West Point graduate to another. Culbertson was studying Theology at Princeton when Smith sent this correspondence. Smith, assigned to the construction of defenses in New Orleans, writes of the state of religion in Louisiana. He has received an offer from Rev. Bacon to study Theology at New Haven. Will remain in the Army until he can save enough to pay his own way through his studies. Sickness, heat, slaves, Irish soldiers, etc.
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4 pages

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