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Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 to Edward P. Fry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04503.01 Author/Creator: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 1844 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 20 x 25 cm. Order a Copy

Writes that he has seen Mr. Smith who will be at his office tomorrow morning. States that Mr. Burbank, the man who is in charge of negotiations for Morse, is at Lovejoy's Hotel and advises Fry to bring this letter as an introduction. Dated Wednesday morning.

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Fry, Edward P., fl. 1844-1870

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