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Brown, John, 1800-1859 [We are going Home]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07230.02 Author/Creator: Brown, John, 1800-1859 Place Written: Charlestown, West Virginia Type: Poem Date: circa 1859 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 12.6 cm, Width: 20.3 cm Order a Copy

"We are going home and soon shall be / Where the sky is clear and all are free..." Written in pencil. (Enclosure with 7230.01)

Brown, John, 1800-1859

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