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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.299 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: circa 1861-1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Signed Alfred Gage at the top but does not appear to be author since one is clearly the work of a child and the other an adult.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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