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Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 to Alexander M. Ross

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.09 Author/Creator: Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 Place Written: Bridgeville, California Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 22, 1880 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Thanks him for the books he sent, offers to send him "curiosities" from California, such as plants. Praises him for his friendship with and appreciation of Thoreau.

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Woman Author
Women's History
Literature and Language Arts
Gift
Science and Technology
American West
Friendship
Transcendentalist
Geography and Natural History
Development of the West

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