Typed letters signed (2) : Brook, Indiana, to Grant Overton, 1928 May 2 and 1928 Oct. 22.

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Typed letters signed (2) : Brook, Indiana, to Grant Overton, 1928 May 2 and 1928 Oct. 22.

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