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Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881 to Alexander Shiras

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02429.39 Author/Creator: Hemans, Daniel Wright, fl. 1872-1881 Place Written: Nebraska Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 19 June 1875 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses his wife Nancy's illness with rheumatism, a book he received, and the threat to his garden posed by grasshoppers.

Shiras, Alexander, 1813-1894
Hemans, Daniel W., fl. 1871-1881
Hemans, Nancy A., 1843-?

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