Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 to O.A. Bowe
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00880 Author/Creator: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Place Written: Amherst, New Hampshire Type: Autograph letter signed Date: September 28, 1832 Pagination: 4 p. : address ; 31.5 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
A personal letter about a trip to New England. Discusses his trip by sea to Providence and stage-coach to Boston. Compares the Boston architecture to that in New York, describes going to church there, and comments on "the Boston aristocracy." Comments on his poverty. Asks Bowe to send him some papers from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Some loss of text from a cut-out post mark.
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