ALS, [n.d.] : [s.l.], to James Brown, Attorney Advocate General, New Orleans.

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ALS, [n.d.] : [s.l.], to James Brown, Attorney Advocate General, New Orleans.

Undated, but probably written in 1805, in cryptic fashion. "I am about to enter upon a new Theater & in a part which I have never before played."

2 1/2 p. ; 26 x 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6824720

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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