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Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881 to Frances B. Shiras

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02429.33 Author/Creator: Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881 Place Written: Nebraska Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 22, 1873 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.6 cm Order a Copy

Thanks Shiras for the clothes his family and other Indian clergy have received. Discusses eating with Reverend Hinman and his missionary duties at Santee. Notes his son has started speaking. States that Paul is very sick but still walking around his house.

Shiras, Frances B., 1814-?
Hemans, Daniel W., fl. 1871-1881
Hinman, Samuel Dutton, 1839-1890
Mazakute, Paul, 1842-1873

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