Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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Letters and diary of Laura M. Towne.

March 9, 2013

Letters and diary of Laura M. Towne

[Diary] March 9.

“The Oaks” reserved and to be our home still. Mr. Philbrick has not bought Coffin Point. Will bought nothing. The land sold for about a dollar and a quarter an acre; sometimes, once only, I believe, as high as three dollars — sometimes lower.

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