Letter [1897] Dec. 20, New York, to [S.P.] Langley [Washington, D.C.].

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Letter [1897] Dec. 20, New York, to [S.P.] Langley [Washington, D.C.].

Expresses thanks for a book; discusses an inscription copied from a tablet on the facade of St. Mary's at Shrewsbury.

[2] p. on 1 l. Holograph signed, with holograph note by Langley.

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