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[A man driving a covered wagon led by two horses]
This is our gilded chariot, and we are inside, but you can't see us."; Oscar [Colony] ALS to Mother [Frances Seamans Blake Colony],October 16, 1863. Layfayette Ranch, [Co.], page 3. From a collection of correspondence related to Ira Blake of Chester, Vermont, and his descendants that is divided into three main groups: letters between Ira Blake and Mary Seamans, his future wife; letters to Frances Blake, their daughter; and letters by Ormond and Oscar Colony, Frances's sons. The Blake letters primarily concern courtship and family news in New England, and the Colony letters pertain to the brothers' experiences traveling to and living in Colorado during the Civil War
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