Letter : Albany, to Thomas H. Palmer, 1858 Mar. 30.

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Letter : Albany, to Thomas H. Palmer, 1858 Mar. 30.

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Concerns Thomas H. Palmer's planned supplement to the English dictionary.

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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