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Bostwick, Arthur E. (1860-1942) To: John H. Gundlach

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04360.030 Author/Creator: Bostwick, Arthur E. (1860-1942) Place Written: s.l. Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1922/04/28 Pagination: Order a Copy

[Written as Librarian of the St. Louis Public Library.] Photograph of General Grant, Julia Grant, Martin Wilkins and four others on the veranda of his Long Branch summer home. [The letter explains that the image formerly hung at St. Michael Rectory in Litchfield, CT and that is where he learned its history.]

Bostwick, Arthur E., 1860-1942

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