Letter [1894] Jun. 8, Paris, to [Henry] Vignaud [Paris]
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Son of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. From the description of Letter to F.A. Duneka, 1914 February 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50201401 ...
