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Johnny, what are you doing my son?

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02745.104 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 11.8 cm, Width: 19.3 cm Order a Copy

Only 2 lines: Oh! Nothing, only trying to hit Frank on the fingers with the hatchet...

Fellows, Enoch Q., fl. 1843-1918

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