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Unknown, Wallace to Crawfurd Livingston re: shipwreck

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04479 Author/Creator: Unknown, Wallace Place Written: Key West, [Florida] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1839/04/26 Pagination: 3p.+ addr. 25.3 x 20.3 Order a Copy

Wallace writes that he is stranded in Key West because of a ship wreck, and describes his current living conditions.

Livingston, Crawfurd, fl. 1833-1839
Wallace

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