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Unknown to F.B. McKean

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04188.09 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Monterey California Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 January 1847 Pagination: 1 p. ; 25 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy

A short note of farewell as F.B. McKean was ill and leaving the service

McKean family

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