ALS, 1877 December 22 : Oak Knoll, to unknown recipient.

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ALS, 1877 December 22 : Oak Knoll, to unknown recipient.

Written five days after his 70th birthday, saying of his life: " ... for good or ill I have done my life work. I look back on many errors and failings but, on the whole, I am very thankful to my Heavenly Father that retrospect is no more unfavorable."

4 p. ; 18.5 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6901973

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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