Letter, 1824 February 13, Venice, to George Ticknor, Boston.

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Letter, 1824 February 13, Venice, to George Ticknor, Boston.

Mentions illness in the family; enlists the aid of Ticknor in a project to build a monument of Canova.

3 p. on 1 fold. leaf. 23 cm.

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