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Fascinating content A.L.S. in pencil, 4to. 4pp., Ausable, MI, Feb. 6, 1866, written by V.A. White to a Mrs. Jane Trail. The writer tells of being wrongfully accused of"bad conduct" in her hometown of Decatur, AL, and working as a prostitute in Nashville in"...one of the best fancy houses... I made money, lots of it, and lived in splendor... Sometimes [$]75 a day..." Getting tired of that life, however, she"...bought a suit of blues had my hair cut short... was sworn in a soldier of the First Michigan...They called me Little Pete..." The remainder of the letter discusses her current life, denies any wrongdoing in her hometown, and discusses her missing the daughter she had left behind. In part:"...I hope she never hear of the misconduct of her mother. I hope they may raise her up in the way she ought to go...Am now unworthy of claiming her as mine..." According to the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, Ms. White does not show up on any official roster, yet her enlistment was"doubtless irregular and conceivably even a prank by fellow soldiers." Overall moderate wear with light stains, else very good and clearly readable.

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