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Badger, Oscar Charles, 1823-1899 to the De Grimes Nelson Co.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03479.62 Author/Creator: Badger, Oscar Charles, 1823-1899 Place Written: Woods Hull, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 August 1892 Pagination: 2 p. ; 17.6 x 11.3 cm. Order a Copy

Written by Commodore Badger to representatives of the Nelson Company. References their letter of 19 August in which they asked Badger for a photograph for an illustrated article they desire to print. Says he is away from home and cannot comply to their request. There is a place written on the document, but it is illegible.

Badger, Oscar Charles, 1823-1899

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