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Livingston, Matilda to Johnston Livingston re: amusement in the snow

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04162 Author/Creator: Livingston, Matilda Place Written: Tivoli, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1846/10/28 Pagination: 4p. 25 x 20 cm Order a Copy

Johnston's neice, Matilda, writes to tell him of the fun she and her sister have had in the snow. With a letter from Johnston's sister [Matilda Rogers] on pages 3-4, in which she complains of the bitterly cold weather. Address leaf on p.4

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