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Unknown to his mother

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02161.184 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Buffalo, New York Type: Autograph letter Date: no date Pagination: 1 p. ; 16.3 x 10.5 cm. Order a Copy

He writes he is homesick without her. He read to grandma twice.

Dewey, Orville S., fl. 1861-1902

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