Autograph letter signed : [Massachusetts], to Joseph Gilder, 1884 Aug. 15.

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Autograph letter signed : [Massachusetts], to Joseph Gilder, 1884 Aug. 15.

Praising and congratulating Oliver Wendell Holmes on his 75th birthday.

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