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Vilmorin Andrieux & Companie. to J. H. Landell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02711.28 Author/Creator: Vilmorin Andrieux & Companie. Place Written: Paris, France Type: Letter signed Date: 20 January 1859 Pagination: 1 p. : docket : address leaf ; 26.4 x 20.6 cm. Order a Copy

Lists items shipped from Liverpool, including grape vines and fruit trees. Requests that the items be shipped to William E. Jones in Glad Springs, Virginia, as soon as possible.

Vilmorin Andrieux Company, fl. 1775-1975
Jones, William E., 1824-1864

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