Edward P. Bridgman autobiography 1894-1985 Bridgman, Edward Payson

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Edward P. Bridgman autobiography 1894-1985 Bridgman, Edward Payson

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-3073bri?rgn=main;view=text

The Bridgman "autobiography" consists of a typescript of a long series of letters sent by Edward P. Bridgman to a cousin, which form a continuous, sometimes rambling narrative of Bridgman's life from the time he travelled to Kansas in 1856 through the end of the Civil War.

108 pages

eng,

William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6391774

William L. Clements Library

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