Biography and papers, 1968 and undated.

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Biography and papers, 1968 and undated.

Biography, 1968, of John Henry Williams (1851-1930) by his granddaughter, Mary A. Williams, Los Angeles, Calif. Williams was the proprietor of the Hudson (Wis.) Carriage Works, ca. 1870-1887, and spent the remainder of his career as a railway mail clerk on the Chicago and Northwestern line.

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