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Unknown to William McBlair

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00722.69 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: St. Helena Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 15, 1858 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Discussing events at Saint Helena since McBlair left. A friendly letter, sent via Captain Goodridge of the U.S.S. "Hazard." Name of the signer is illegible.

McBlair, William, ?-1863

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