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Wells, Edmund C., fl. 1864-1865 to Maria

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08311.10 Author/Creator: Wells, Edmund C., fl. 1864-1865 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 January 1864 Pagination: 3 p. + envelope ; 26 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy

writing from onboard a ship. filled with interesting lines like "take a dutch man and saturate him with whiskey and lager and give him the everlasting pipe and he is a nice animal..."

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