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To: J.Q.A. Ward. Re: matters of the Saint-Gaudens Memorial Exhibition Committee at the Metropolitan Museum.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.335 Author/Creator: Place Written: New York, NY Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1908/01/17 Pagination: 1 p. + dock. 27.8 cm x 21.4 cm Order a Copy

Typed on "The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York" stationary.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910
Kent, H.L., fl. 1809

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