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To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: agreement [work contract] between J.Q.A. Ward and the city of Urbana, Ohio, regarding a proposed unspecified sculpture.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.313 Author/Creator: Place Written: [Urbana, Ohio] Type: Document signed Date: 1898/08 Pagination: 1 p. + dock. 33.7 cm x 21.3 cm Order a Copy

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Ousley, Henry, fl. 1898

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