Autograph letter signed : [New York, N.Y.], to "The Misses Morgan", 1911 Sept. 6.

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Autograph letter signed : [New York, N.Y.], to "The Misses Morgan", 1911 Sept. 6.

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Sending them small pieces of the wedding dress and lace worn by his great, great, great grandmother, Martha Custis when she married George Washington.

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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