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Thompson, Ruth Brown (1829-1904) to Alexander Milton Ross

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.56.15 Author/Creator: Thompson, Ruth Brown (1829-1904) Place Written: Wisconsin Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 March 1879 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated March 11, 1879. Thanks him for his book "Reflections and Experiences of an Abolitionist" and praises him for living a life of self-sacrifice.

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904
Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897

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