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Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler, 1835-1924 to Otis H. Waldo Esquire

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06253.23 Author/Creator: Van Valkenburgh, Franklin Butler, 1835-1924 Place Written: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 April 1857 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 20.2 cm, Width: 12.8 cm Order a Copy

A letter written by Franklin Butler Van Valkenburgh to Otis H. Waldo, the husband of his sister Gertrude Coeymans Waldo. This letter is the reply to letter GLC06253.08 that Waldo sent Van Valkenburgh. Gertrude is referred to in this letter as Getty.

Grant, E.F., fl. 1857
Grant, William H., fl. 1857
Grant, Gordon, fl. 1857

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