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Zolway, G.J. To: Karl Bitter. Re: Ward's request for statues and enclosing a list of those statues still available at the World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.329 Author/Creator: Zolway, G.J. Place Written: St. Louis, [MO] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1905/04/09 Pagination: 2 p. + dock. 27.7 cm x 21.6 cm Order a Copy

Stationary heading: "World's Fair at St. Louis, 1904, Commemorating the Aquisition of The Louisiana Territory . . . Department of Art". List: "Statuary available for Mr. J.Q.A. Ward."

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Zolway, G.J., fl. 1905
Bitter, Karl, fl. 1899-1905

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