Letter, 1828 July 25, Mooresville, Tennessee [to] Capt. Plasebo Houston, Iredell County, North Carolina.

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Letter, 1828 July 25, Mooresville, Tennessee [to] Capt. Plasebo Houston, Iredell County, North Carolina.

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Letter from Christopher Houston to his son concerns family news, crops, the presidential campaign of 1828 and Andrew Jackson's candidacy, and despair about the future of his grandsons and their need for salvation.

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