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Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 [Man wearing hat holding staff]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06343.140 Author/Creator: Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: circa 1830-1910 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25.5 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

With extensive notations in [possibly] Native American language and poem. Seated boy reading on reverse side. Graphite; discolored wove paper.

Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910

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