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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09234.06 Author/Creator: Place Written: Quincy Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 September 1849- 27 September 1849 Pagination: 4 p. ; 31 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

A letter to Thompson Baxter, it is written in the form of a diary with multiple days worth of events seperated by the date it was written.

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