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East Pascagoula, Mississippi: 24 August 1848. Two page autograph letter signed "Z. Taylor" on recto and verso of one sheet of a bifolium. 10 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (26.5 x 22 cm). Usual folds, the text on the first page somewhat faint, the signature dark.
In this letter penned in the short time period between Taylor's return home from the Mexican War and the election of 1848, Taylor writes to Col. J. Walton (?) Webb of New York offering condolences and rememberances of a recently deceased family member.
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