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Placide, Henry P., 1799-1870 to H.W.R.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.218 Author/Creator: Placide, Henry P., 1799-1870 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note Date: January 2, 1830 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

Signed in text and likely written by Henry Placide, in the third person (based on a handwriting comparison). Writes that Henry Placide cannot give an opinion of a farce without having read it and asks recipient to send a copy. Written on paper imprinted with "J.H. Walsh & Sons, Newburgh."

Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832
Placide, Henry P., 1799-1870

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