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Jeffery, B.A., fl. 1870-1900 [Itemized list of furniture]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.101 Author/Creator: Jeffery, B.A., fl. 1870-1900 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 15, 1878 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

"List no. 4" which itemizes furniture with monetary amount for each item. The list contains such items as "one Parlour armchair," "oil painting - Samson," "one Mahogany Bureau," and "7 beds." Overall, all fourteen items are tabulated to fetch $57.00. On the reverse side is scrawled in pencil the name"S.E. Anderson." The list is accompanied by an incomplete letter discussing a visit from Willie Taft, news from his friend Rogers trip to China.

Jeffery, Robert Archer, fl. 1858-1900
Taft, Willie, fl. 1878
Archer, Edward Richard, 1834-1918

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