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Burpee, Charles W., 1859-1945 Memo

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.156 Author/Creator: Burpee, Charles W., 1859-1945 Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: February 16, 1919 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 17.5 cm Order a Copy

Explains his father's pledge to his mother in a letter from February 16, 1864 (GLC02744.155) concerning alcohol.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865
Burpee, Charles W., 1859-1945

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