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Description
Luther Lawrence tells about "Ship Fever" while on board ship prior to landing on St. Helena Island in South Carolina.
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About This Item
- Title: Luther Lawrence letter about ship fever, Feb. 15, 1863
- Creator: Luther Lawrence
- Creation Date: 1863-02-15
- Subject Date: 1863-02-15
- Location: Hilton Head area, St. Helena Island, Beaufort County, SC
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 25 cm x 19.5 cm
- Local Code: Collection 3, Box 1
- Collection: Lawrence and Marston Family Collection
- Object Type: Text
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- Diseases
- Lawrence, Luther--Correspondence
- Letters
- Typhus fever--South Carolina
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regiments, 11th Maine--Personal narratives
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