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Letters. "Lyra" [Sarah Stilson], Rochester and Lima, New York, to "Capt. H" [Henry J. Gifford]
Part of: Sarah Stilson Correspondence
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Henry J. Gifford (b. c1837), of Bergen, Genesee County, New York, was then time captain of Co. D, 33rd New York Infantry. The earlier of the drafts was Stilson's first letter to Gifford, whom she knew only through the descriptions of an unidentified correspondent. The second draft is a response to Gifford's reply, below (MSN/CW 5061-14).
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![Letter. [Sarah Stilson], Rochester, New York, to "My orderly correspondent and Quadratic soldier friend" [Oliver Waldo West], Suffolk, Virginia](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-10.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.webp)
![Letter. [Oliver] Waldo [West], Suffolk, Virginia, to "Mon amie of the Empire State" [Sarah Stilson], Rochester, New York](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-11.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.webp)
![Letter. [Oliver Waldo West], near Suffolk, Virginia, to [Sarah Stilson], Rochester, New York](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-12.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.webp)
![Letter. H[enry] J. Gifford, camp near White Oak Church, Virginia, to "my mythical friend Lyra" [Sarah Stilson], Lima, New York](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-14.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.webp)
![Letter. "Lyra" [Sarah Stilson], Lima, New York, to "My patriotic soldier friend" [Oliver Waldo West], Suffolk, Virginia](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-15.ab.150/full/!300,300/0/default.webp)
![Letter. "Quad" [Oliver Waldo West], Fort Nansemond, near Suffolk, Virginia, to [Sarah Stilson], Lima, New York](https://iiif-image.library.nd.edu/iiif/2/RareBooks%2Fcollections%2Fead_xml%2Fimages%2FMSN-CW_5061%2FMSN-CW_5061-16.a.150/full/!300,300/0/default.webp)