Breckinridge, John Cabell, 1821-1875. Note. Undated. 1 item.
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In a letter dated 5 December 1864, Smith Lofland, writing from Wytheville, Virginia, requests permission from Breckinridge to ship food goods by rail road from his farm in East Tennessee, from whence he was run out the previous year. At the bottom of the letter Breckinridge makes a note, unsigned, to write to Lofland to have him call and see him about the matter.
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