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Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 to Mrs. Thomas F. Burpee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.049 Author/Creator: Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 October 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : docket : envelope Height: 18.9 cm, Width: 11.3 cm Order a Copy

He is somewhere in the woods. He is writing by the light of a camp fire.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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