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Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911) Harvard memorial biographies

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.263 Author/Creator: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911) Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1866 Pagination: 2 v., v. 1 477 p., v. 2. 512 p. ; 24 x 15.5 cm. Order a Copy

Edited by Higginson. Published by Sever and Francis. Page opposite inside cover of Vol. II signed by E.L. Motte. Biographies of Harvard students and graduates killed in the Civil War.

I Nevins 151, Sabin 30745

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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