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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08104.010 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter Date: 11 November 1839 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20.2 x 25.5 cm.. Order a Copy

excerpt of a letter expressing a need for information that would counteract a potential invasion

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