Post-Civil War letters reveal more than just love between African American couple

The Washington Post 2016-09-08

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An old suitcase turned out to preserve one of Laura Murphy’s biggest treasures. She now safely guards a dozen letters between her great-grandparents written six years after the end of the Civil War.
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