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Jackman, J.J., fl. 1897 to Blanche Kelso Bruce

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09400.552 Author/Creator: Jackman, J.J., fl. 1897 Place Written: Josephine, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 June 1897 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 14 cm, Width: 21.2 cm Order a Copy

writes that the bad weather is producing poor crops and his wife is sickly.

Bruce, Blanche Kelso, 1841-1898
Junkerman, Julius, fl. 1877

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