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Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Engraving inscribed by Sherman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07647 Author/Creator: Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) Place Written: New York Type: Print Date: 1871/09/24 Pagination: 1 print 54.8 x 43.4 cm Order a Copy

"If...you would take the trouble to examine the volume throughout, and to minute all the passages where your recollection or your notes would detect an error, it would confer a new and valuable obligation upon me...."

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