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"They won't propose"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.04557 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript Date: 1837/05/11 Pagination: 1p. : address : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.9 cm Order a Copy

Verse poem written in the voice of a single woman exasperated by her many beaux who appear to court her but never propose. The manuscript is addressed to Montgomery Livingston.

Livingston, Montgomery

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