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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.51 Author/Creator: Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1877-1900 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Wonders why so much evil exists in the world and about the nature of good and bad and the inequality of rich and poor. Recipient inferred from content. Only the last two pages remain.

Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926
Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897
Brown, John, 1800-1859

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