Letter: to his father, Evans Tanner / by W. M. Tanner, 1848 Mar 25.

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Letter: to his father, Evans Tanner / by W. M. Tanner, 1848 Mar 25.

W. M. Tanner, serving in the Mississippi regiment, writes his father about military maneuvers, the armistice between the United States and Mexico, and his own opinions of it.

4 p.; 32 cm.

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