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Burpee, Lucien (fl.1864) to Thomas Burpee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.300 Author/Creator: Burpee, Lucien (fl.1864) Place Written: [various places] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: Circa February 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24.5 x 19.3 cm. Order a Copy

Lucien writes he has been to church and Sunday school. There have been two snow storms and he wonders if his father got his valentine.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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