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Hopkins, Caleb, fl. 1864 Receipt of Adeline M. Burpee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.208 Author/Creator: Hopkins, Caleb, fl. 1864 Place Written: Ellington Type: Autograph document Date: 11 October 1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 10 cm Order a Copy

She paid $8.90 for fees on the estate of Thomas Burpee.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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