Richard Malcolm Johnston letter, 1877.

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Richard Malcolm Johnston letter, 1877.

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The collection consists of one letter written by Richard Malcolm Johnston from his adopted home of Pen Lucy, Waverly, Maryland, to Richard Patrick Hues Mell, dated 16 May 1877. Johnston congratulates Mell on his continued good health, then describes a cemetary visit and nostalgically reminisces about "the old times" in Georgia.

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