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Brown, Harry E., fl. 1874 to Henry Jackson Hunt

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02382.207 Author/Creator: Brown, Harry E., fl. 1874 Place Written: Key West, Florida Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 June 1874 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 22.1 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Hunt for writing a memorial for his father, Harvey Brown. Writes "No multiplication of words can add anything more to show how very highly we all of us esteem what you have done and the graceful way in which it was done- and therefore it only remains for me to subscribe myself." Written on black-bordered mourning stationery. Possibly contained within GLC02382.206 envelope.

Brown, Harry E., fl. 1874
Hunt, Henry Jackson, 1819-1889
Brown, Harvey, 1795-1874

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