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Correspondence: Abner J. Leavenworth, Petersburg, Virginia to his Sister, 1861 April 1

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id241545
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1861 April 1, from Abner.J. Leavenworth, founder of Leavenworth's Female Seminary in Petersburg, Virginia to his sister. In the letter, Leavenworth writes about his failing health, confederate officers, inviting his sister to stay "before Virginia goes out of the Union,' and the aptitude of several of the female students at the seminary.

Dates: 1861 April 1