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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.05.31 Author/Creator: Place Written: Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 August 1895 Pagination: 3 p. : envelope Height: 20 cm, Width: 24 cm Order a Copy

Addresses letter "dear couson." Writes that they received a letter for Maggie, but tells her that she has gone home. Informs her that "we want you to pick hops for us..." Tells her that they went to Oneonta Plains for the Fourth of July, but their wagon broke. Asks that they come to Maryland. Reports that they are short of "pickers." Signature is illegible. Envelope addressed to Della Gillett in South Valley, New York. Postmarked from Maryland.

Gillett, Albert, fl. 1888-1895
Gillett, Della, fl. 1895

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