<hi rend="bold"> Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, January 13, 1844:</hi> Electronic Edition. Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863 Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. Text transcribed by Bari Helms Images scanned by Bari Helms Text encoded by Sarah Ficke First Edition, 2005 ca. 10K The University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2005

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 Pettigrew Family Papers (#592), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Letter from James Johnston Pettigrew to Ebenezer Pettigrew, January 13, 1844 James Johnston Pettigrew 2 pages, 2 page images 1844 Call number 592 (Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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This letter was apparently written on Jan. 13th 1844 and erroneously dated Jan. 13th 1843 out of habit since the year was new. See Mr. E. Pettigrew's specific reply and reference to this letter in his letter of Feb. 1, 1844.

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