Letter from Nelson Jordan to Julia Womack

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This letter was written on January 20, 1910, by Nelson Jordan from Farmville, Virginia, to his daughter Julia Womack. In the letter he gives detailed news of various family members and speaks of his faithfulness to God though he is advanced in age and awaiting death. The letter is written on ruled paper folded in half vertically to form four pages.

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