Letter, 1841 November 2, New York City, to Lydia Sigourney, Hartford, Conn.

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Letter, 1841 November 2, New York City, to Lydia Sigourney, Hartford, Conn.

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Thanks for her gift of books and news of Daniel Wadsworth's illness; dislikes the turmoil of elections in New York City; likes the people of Maine.

2 p. ; 23 x 19 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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