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Lawson, Sadie My dear Mrs. Williams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.312 Author/Creator: Lawson, Sadie Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1 December 1949 Pagination: 1 p. ; 27.9 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

Sadie V. Lawson, principal, thanks Cordelia Williams for the donation of an Encyclopedia Britannica in honor of Eugene Williams. It is written on Roanoke City Public Schools stationary.

Williams, Cordelia Shelton (1884-1978)
Williams, Eugene W. (1925 - 1949)

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