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Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 to Mr. Hastings

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.169 Author/Creator: Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905 Place Written: Melrose, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 July 1897 Pagination: 2 p. 17.7 x 11.4 cm Order a Copy

Livermore writes that she enjoyed reading Hastings' mother's book, "Pebbles from the Path of a Pilgrim."

Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905
Hastings, Harriet B., fl. 1897

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