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Meserve, Frederick H., 1865-1962 Transcript: F.H. Meserve to Dr. Louis A. Warren, Fort Wayne, Id. [January 19, 1942]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0625 Author/Creator: Meserve, Frederick H., 1865-1962 Place Written: New York Type: Typed letter signed Date: 1942/01/19 Pagination: Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 27.9 cm Order a Copy

Meserve sends Dr. Warren of the Lincoln National Life Foundation two prints of Lincoln that he believes may have been made from the same negative. One of the prints (5111.01 #626), Meserve #86, is with the letter. See GLC 5111.01.0627.

Meserve, Frederick Hill, 1865-1962

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