Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1887.

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Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1887.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155905262

Printed invitations for receptions to the President of the Unided States and to the Academy of Music and the Journalists' Club in Philadelphia.

4 items (4 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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