Saturday, July 25, 2009

Letter From The Sanitary Commission

CINCINNATI, April 14, 1862

Mrs. L. M. Wildes, Pres. Soldier’s Aid Society, Athens, Ohio:

DEAR MADAM: - On behalf of our Commission, I acknowledge the receipt of your present, as well as of your former liberal contributions. Please accept our thanks for the same. The demands now made upon us are very great and pressing, and we welcome aid from every quarter.

Very Respectfully,

CHAS. E. CIST,
Cor. Sec’y pro tem.

– Published in The Athens Messenger, Athens, Ohio, Thursday, April 24, 1862

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