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"I eat dat poor ittle mousey's cheese up."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08284.035 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Sketch Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 sketch : b&w Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 8.5 cm Order a Copy

Features girl holding cheese with mouse on the end of it. Other side is partial manuscript.

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