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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935) Speeches By Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01001 Author/Creator: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book signed Date: November 1891 Pagination: 55 p. ; 22 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

Inscribed to philanthropist Charles Fairchild and signed with initials "O. W. H." With autograph explanatory notes on Civil War persons mentioned in his speeches, including W. Putnam, W.F. Cabot, James Lowell, General Charles Lowell, Paul Revere (grandson of the Revolutionary figure), E.H.H. Revere, N. Hayward, Rather, H. Abbott, Charles R. Lowell, and W.F. Bartlett. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston. In original brown paper boards.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr., 1841-1935
Putnam, W., fl. 1863
Cabot, W.F., fl. 1863
Lowell, James, fl. 1863
Lowell, Charles Russell, 1835-1864
Revere, Paul Joseph, 1832-1863
Revere, E.H.H., fl. 1863
Bartlett, W.F., fl. 1863
Hayward, N., fl. 1863
Abbott, H., fl. 1863

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