Constellation Similarity Assertions
Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909
Gilder authored the book, THE NEW DAY, A POEM IN SONGS AND SONNETS... (New York : Scribner, Armstrong and Company, 1876) in which this is tipped in. It contains the bookplate of Brainerd.
From the description of Autograph letter signed to Ira Hutchinson Brainerd, [1876?] Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398276
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Maybe-Same Assertions
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Gilder, Richard Wilson, 1844-1909,
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tr5jbv (person)
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