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[Ralph Waldon Emerson photgravure].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.098.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1859 Pagination: Pr Height: 8.2 cm, Width: 14.2 cm Order a Copy

Accompanies verse by Emerson (GLC05508.098.01).

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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