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Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler, 1835-1924 Robins and Robbins

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00686.31 Author/Creator: Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler, 1835-1924 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document Date: 1900-1929 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 27.9 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Poem on two typed pages. The type is green instead of black. Size in the extent is for the larger sheet. The smaller sheet is 13.8 x 21.6 cm. Two stanzas on the smaller sheet and two longer stanzas on the the bigger sheet. Pencil note says the poem was by Franklin Van Valkenburgh. Several corrections made in pencil. Poem is a nonsensical and seems to revolve around a family story or an inside joke.

Van Valkenburgh, Gerrit, fl. 1850-1905

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