Letter from Robert B. Elliott to L. Dunneman

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A handwritten letter by Robert B. Elliott containing his request of a friend for a loan of $100.00 in order to travel, on orders from Washington, to Florida on official business for the Treasury Department. The letter is handwritten in brown ink on one side of a single sheet of off-white paper lined in blue. At top left is [Confidential.] underlined and at top right is [Charleston, S.C., / Aug. 14th, 1880.]. The letter is addressed to [L. Dunneman, Esq., / Charleston, S.C.: / Dear Friend - ]. The body of the letter consists of two paragraphs and begins, [I am very sorry to trouble you, but i have just received orders from Washington to proceed to Florida on official business, and not having the money at present to bear the expense, I write to ask you to aid me in my difficulty as it is very important that I should go.].

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