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Envelope

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06627.03.043 Author/Creator: Place Written: [various places] Type: Envelope Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: Envelope ; 8 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

The envelope has a image of two men playing on a see saw, one is flying off the high end. The caption reads "Uncle Abe - Why Jeff, old boy, you will never be able to keep a Hotel, if you don't stick on better then that."

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