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Baily, N.Y., fl. 1875 To sister Bettie

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04522.14 Author/Creator: Baily, N.Y., fl. 1875 Place Written: Memphis, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1875/09/17 Pagination: 1p. ; 27 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that the Hot Springs delegation left this morning. Discusses family and friends. Mentions a mechanism referred to as the "double acting, self-adjusting refrigerator" which creates a sound similiar to that of a large steamboat.

Baily, N.Y., fl. 1875

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