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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08284.014 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Boston Type: Autograph note Date: 16 November 1888 Pagination: 1 p. ; 15 x 8 cm. Order a Copy

"Tell father that the accompanying method has often been used to prevent people from assuming [illegible] position when they once get vertical." Includes illustration of woman being hanged.

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