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[photograph of Sanondess A. Jenks under a tree on the Tobey farm]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02750.333 Author/Creator: Place Written: Johnston, Rhode Island Type: Photograph Date: December 1891 Pagination: 1 photograph : envelope Height: 12.3 cm, Width: 8 cm Order a Copy

Jenks, Ethan A., fl. 1828-1901

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