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to Johnston Livingston re: advice regarding a job offer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04119 Author/Creator: Place Written: Tivoli, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1836/09/07 Pagination: 2p. + addr. 24.9 x 20.3 cm Order a Copy

The author advises Johnston to give plenty of thought to a job offer that would involve a change of climate. With ALS from Johnston's mother on p.2, in which she advises Johnston to take the offer if he thinks the new climate will suit him.

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