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Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, fl. 1898 [Let the words of my mouth...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.037.01 Author/Creator: Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, fl. 1898 Place Written: Bunker Hill, Kansas Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: 8 June 1898 Pagination: 1 p. 22.7 x 14 cm + 1 engraving ; b&w ; 24 x 16 cm Order a Copy

Quoting Psalm 19:14, Bickerdyke writes: "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer." A small bust engraving of Bickerdyke is collateral to the quotation (GLC05508.037.02).

Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, fl. 1898

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