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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.56.18 Author/Creator: Thompson, Ruth Brown (1829-1904) Place Written: South Pasadena, California Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 December 1892 Pagination: 2 p. ; Order a Copy

One letter from Ruth Brown Thompson to Alexander Milton Ross dated December 30, 1892. Thanking him for a photograph of her father and discussing her sister Annie's hard life and marriage. [Last page appears to be missing]

Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904
Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897
Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926

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