Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1864 May 5.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1864 May 5.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270899347

A note of introduction for Captain Melville White.

1 item (2 p.) ; 18.2 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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