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Unknown 3 Calling Cards for the Hammonds

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.333 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Ephemera Date: 27 May 1861 Pagination: 1 cards ; 14 x 7.3 cm. Order a Copy

One for Lucy, one for Hiram and one stating when Mrs.Hammond will be home.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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