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Gibson, John McKinley, fl. 1860 [to Tobias Gibson]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04501.089 Author/Creator: Gibson, John McKinley, fl. 1860 Place Written: Germany Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 July 1860 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 22 cm, Width: 27.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes that he and Toby are going to Switzerland in September. He justifies the trip by stating that the universities in Switzerland are as good as those in Germany and French is spoken there "even better than in Paris." They intend to go to Paris next year. The bottom of the page has been cut with some loss of text. Written in the kingdom of Jena Saxe, Weimar, Germany.

Gibson, Randall Lee, 1832-1892
Gibson, John McKinley, fl. 1860

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