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Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904 to F.B. Sanborn

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08262 Author/Creator: Thompson, Ruth Brown, 1829-1904 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 January 1895 Pagination: Order a Copy

John Brown's daughter assisting his biographer in locating various siblings of Brown because "yours is a perfect truthful history of him and his deeds."

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