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1. Letter - March 3, 1844

   Letter headed "University of Virginia, March 3, 1844" from A. L. G. Fischer to Mary Gilmer at Leigh in Albemarle [County] telling of his attempts to borrow money without results and an offer for $8 for his watch, that he needs clothes, firewood, and clothes to be mended, and then expresses his sorrow at the death of Governor Gilmer and Judge Upshur [an experimental Navy cannon exploded and killed both men who were present at a demonstration firin...

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