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Black, Jeremiah Sullivan, 1810-1883 to Ward Hill Lamon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03481.16 Author/Creator: Black, Jeremiah Sullivan, 1810-1883 Place Written: York, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 July 1866 Pagination: 1 p. ; 29.5 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Black writes "I don't see how I can get down just now or how I could do any thing if I were down... But in the mean time I own to the weakness of wanting to see you very much..."

Black, Jeremiah Sullivan, 1810-1883
Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893
Black, Chauncey Forward, ?-1904

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