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Pearce, Charles to Father

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00066.123 Author/Creator: Pearce, Charles Place Written: Osceola, Missouri Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 April 1868 Pagination: 4 p. : envelope ; 24.9 x 19.2 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the farm. With some later-day pencil underscoring and marginal notes.

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