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1 comment on We Go Without Mittens Very Well (Rogers, Nov. 20 1862, #2)

We Go Without Mittens Very Well (Rogers, Nov. 20 1862, #2)

Rogers recounts recent experiences & dispenses domestic advice for the home front …

<< BEFORE: “Dear Sister…” (PART 1 of 2)





NEXT: Thanksgiving, 1863 >>

SOURCE:  The Effects of War: Letters of Joseph S. Rogers by the Warner Historical Society in collaboration with Stanley Warren.

Rogers even mentions Thanksgiving (1861) at the end!

20 November 1862

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One response to “We Go Without Mittens Very Well (Rogers, Nov. 20 1862, #2)”

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