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Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 to Arnold Chick

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.137.01 Author/Creator: Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 March 1910 Pagination: 2 p. : Order a Copy

Returns an autograph album with the fourth stanza of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," which begins "He has sounded forth a trumpet that shall never sound retreat..."

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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