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Alfriend, Salley S., fl. 1929 to P. Burwell Rogers

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05344.05.09 Author/Creator: Alfriend, Salley S., fl. 1929 Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Typed letter Date: 30 October 1929 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 29.1 cm, Width: 20.7 cm Order a Copy

[Unsigned carbon copy. Author and place of writing inferred from other correspondence, see # 11 &14.] Enclosing a short "sketch" of her uncle's life. She will send the photograph under separate cover. She asks for a copy of the magazine when it is published. [Neither the biography nor the photograph is included in the collection.]

Alfriend, Frank Heath, 1841-1887
Alfriend, Salley S., fl. 1929

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