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[United States centennial exhibition petition]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00687.251 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Petition Date: November 1876 Pagination: 1 p. ; 65.8 x 21.6 cm. Order a Copy

The undersigned attest to the "good results" at the closing of the United States centennial exhibition. Short passage written in English, French, and German. One page of lined paper is attached to the bottom of the petition, upon which one name is signed.

Powell, George May, 1835-1905

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