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William Legg Henderson journal #6, November 8, 1864-May 14, 1865
Page 195 1865-03-05
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195 new shell Road leading to the Lake Ponchartrain at the mouth of the Canal where we Embarked on the Transport at S. Brown for Fort Gains over the Lakes, the shell road from the City to the lake is the finest drive in the world, and is used for pleasure rides by the Elite and fashionable bloods of this [first?] City many of whom with their fair but frail partners rode out to day to the Lake House,
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195 new shell Road leading to the Lake Ponchartrain at the mouth of the Canal where we Embarked on the Transport at S. Brown for Fort Gains over the Lakes, the shell road from the City to the lake is the finest drive in the world, and is used for pleasure rides by the Elite and fashionable bloods of this [first?] City many of whom with their fair but frail partners rode out to day to the Lake House,
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