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Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 to Adaline Burpee

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02744.271 Author/Creator: Burpee, Thomas Francis, 1830-1864 Place Written: Plymouth, CT Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 07 September 1857 Pagination: 6 p. : Height: 17.3 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

He has spent a very lonely week without her. He wishes he had known her sooner. knows that she has left friends for him. sees the past as a series of mistakes and accidents up until he met her. sometimes feels as though he does not cherish her enough.

Burpee, Thomas F., fl. 1861-1865

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