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Wright, Miller A. [personal note]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02691.11.095 Author/Creator: Wright, Miller A. Place Written: Cedartown, Georgia Type: Autograph note Date: August 1891 Pagination: 3 p. ; 22.5 x 14.4 cm. Order a Copy

Personal note on Miller's own stationary, which reads "Office of Miller A. Wright, Dealer in Clothing and Gent's Furnishing Goods. Cedartown, GA.,______189__." The note is titled "The Perfect Child of Destiny;" there are religious themes.

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