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Michigan in the Civil War Sanitary Operations
A little child from an adjoining county, in humble circumstances, furnished her gift, in value the fraction of a dollar, with the simple but earnest request that she might be permitted to give something; she wished to do more, but they were poor; her mother was ill, and her father and only brother were soldiers in the war. This gift, in fact the most liberal of all, was sold and returned by purchasers again and again, until the amount realized was a handsome addition to the general fund.
On Thursday, the 22 day of September, the '"Fair" was duly inaugurated under the direction of the Hon. James B. Crippen, of Coldwater,. Michigan, who, after appropriate religious services, in a brief address congratulated the assembled thousands
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