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Fenno, Edward, fl. 1856 to Josiah Drummond

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09279 Author/Creator: Fenno, Edward, fl. 1856 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 January 1856 Pagination: 3 p. Order a Copy

About an upcoming lecture tour by Frederick Douglass in Maine: "I have guaranteed him fifty dollars for this city-twenty five dollars in each of the other towns-I shall entertain him while here." To Josiah Drummond.

Fenno, Edward, fl. 1856

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