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to Mr. Booth

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03347.31 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 4 p. ; 17 x 21.5 cm. Order a Copy

The author thanks him for his letter, and he accepts Booth's apology "for the little adjective you have seen proper to affix to my name." He comments on Mr. Mass's despondency because a lady's flirtations with another man.

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