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Hale, Sarah J.B., 1788-1879 to Caroline Gilman

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05955 Author/Creator: Hale, Sarah J.B., 1788-1879 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1851/11/06 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 17.6 cm Order a Copy

Apologizes for the publisher's loss of Gilman's portrait that Hale had borrowed for the printing of her book, "Women's record" (New York, 1853).

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