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[religious verse] [in German]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.50.19 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1861-1865 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 26.6 cm Order a Copy

Appears to be a prayer. Throughout the document the Trinity and Mary are called upon. There is a passage at the end of the document that is written in English. "A true & approbiate [sic] fever knowledge that whosoever has this letter in his house no fire will Break out in the hous [sic] Whosoevers has this letter with him or in his house is safe before the sicke & Pestilence." No date or signature is given. Possibly written by Russell during his last days of sickness.

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