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Foster, fl. 1858 to his cousin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.712.01 Author/Creator: Foster, fl. 1858 Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 8, 1858 Pagination: 4 p. : Order a Copy

He received his cousin's paper, but has not written earlier because his studies, at Brown University, have kept him busy. Reports of a local stable fire in which eight of sixty horses died and nearly all their carriages were destroyed. Two days later, their was an attempt to set fire to another stable. A hackman was suspected. Mentions good weather and discusses skating. A note on the back, possibly a response to a letter from Annie mentioned in the letter's main body, records a day's schedule a Brown.

Foster, fl. 1858

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