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[Note from Hotel Petersburg clerk]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09953.103 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa 1943 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

One note signed from a clerk at a hotel, notifying the sender that the hotel is aware they feel ill and offer any service necessary. Dated July 14.

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