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Unknown to brother and sister

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01013.29 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Scott County, Missouri Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 1, 1869 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20.4 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Letter signed by "your loving brother and sister til death." Handwriting seems similar to that of Marget Noble, Sarah Lay's sister. May be addressed to Creed and Sarah Lay; addressees listed as "brother and sister and children."

Noble, Marget Roberts, fl. 1861-1866
Lay, Sarah, fl. 1861-1866
Lay, Creed A., fl. 1861-1864

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