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Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 to C.H. Howard

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09329.01 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 November 1874 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

To C. H. Howard, an editor/publisher in Chicago, acknowledging receipt of six copies of a "little Letter" he had written. "I very rarely write anything for a newspaper. Almost all my articles appear first in Circulars." He cannot promise to write any further articles; Smith died less than two months later.

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