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29 November 1854

Ripley, George, 1802-1880

Autograph letter signed

Title: to George J. Gardner

Thanks him for his recent letter. Requests that in February he send the latest statistics on the manufacture of salt in Syracuse, "to be incorporated into our article on salt." Ripley was a minister, literary critic, journalist, and a leading figure in the Transcendentalist movement.

GLC02453.30

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