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Unknown to Alexander Milton Ross

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.56.14 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 April 1881 Pagination: 6 p. ; Order a Copy

One unsigned letter to Alexander Milton Ross dated April 27, 1881. Discussed finances and the difficulty of earning money as a woman and mother.

Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897

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