Letter from Eli Cress to unknown, Undated
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| Title | Letter from Eli Cress to unknown, Undated |
| Creator | Cress, Eli |
| Decade | 1860s |
| Description | A letter from Eli Cress, a Union soldier in the 117th Illinois Infantry, to an unknown recipient - possibly Sophronia McNitt. Cress wrote about Christmas and life in the camp. |
| Extent | 1 sheet (4 pages) |
| Dimensions | 16.2 cm |
| Language | eng |
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| Genre Subject | Correspondence |
| Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder | MS 117: Correspondence: Soldiers; Box 1, Folder 5: Eli Cress |
| Collection Title | McNitt Family Papers |
| Rights | No Copyright - United States |
| Acquisition information | Donated by Jeanne Tingley and Donald F. Tingley in 1999 |
| Repository | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections |
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| Identifier | 0117_0005_19 |
| Collection | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content) |
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