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Campbell, Thomas, 1763-1854 to Thomas Pringle

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.139 Author/Creator: Campbell, Thomas, 1763-1854 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 4, 1829 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 24 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Confesses misplacing a paper. Encloses 3 pounds to help a child Pringle is sponsoring. Pringle was a Scottish abolitionist. Elder Campbell, a Seceder church preacher, was a founder of the Churches of Christ.

Pringle, Thomas, 1789-1834
Campbell, Thomas, 1763-1854
Campbell, Elder, fl. 1829

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