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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07705.384 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 December 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

He writes that someone [illegible] is capable of performing the duties of a wife for him.

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