Correspondence, 1894-1900.

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Correspondence, 1894-1900.

Items of W.L. Wilson with Isidor Straus concerning politics and events at Washington and Lee; includes 4 letters from J.A. Lapham to her sister, Amelia H. Scorah, 1874-5.

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