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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02542.32.29 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Note Date: no date Pagination: 1 p. ; 6.5 x 8 cm. Order a Copy

Fragment of a note or letter. The only legible words read "my Uncle of...Isiah Arnold Esq...Aged 83. born in...for Paul Collin...my Father James..."

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