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Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) to: Sam Chapman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03921.13 Author/Creator: Mosby, John S. (1833-1916) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1906/01/20 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy

anxious to see Willie; no news about the Aborigines.

with

20 January 1906, Washington
Dear Sam:
I have just rec. the enclosed. I suppose Willie is with you now. Of course I am anxious to see him. I have not seen any of the Aborigines since I wrote to you, so I have no news about them.
Yours Truly
J.S. Mosby

Chapman, Samuel Forrer, 1838-1919
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916

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