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Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) to B. B. French

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.153 Author/Creator: Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 March 1842 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.3 x 13.1 cm. Order a Copy

Promises to send a copy of his remarks from a past engagement. French was Clerk of the House of Representatives.

[Excerpt:]
I will send you the remarks in MS as soon as I can find time to write them which will most probably be in the canal boat on my way to Pittsburgh.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
French, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Brown), 1800-1870

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