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Unknown Letters and Numbers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.299 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: Pagination: 1 p. ; 13.5 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Signed Alfred Gage at the top but does not appear to be author since one is clearly the work of a child and the other an adult.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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