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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02740.50 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1p. + 1 photograph : b&w Height: 8 cm, Width: 11.5 cm Order a Copy

The author encloses a picture the boys gave to him. The picture is unidentified but is most likely Wilmot Thompson. He is shown with the picture of a car in the background.

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