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Wood, J.H., fl. 1866 to unknown [incomplete]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05337 Author/Creator: Wood, J.H., fl. 1866 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 3 July 1866 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.3 x 12.6 cm. Order a Copy

Warns of the impending arrival of emancipated Black people seeking to buy land. Lists reasons not to lease land them. Encourages White people to move away.

Wood, J.H., fl. 1866

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