Letter : Homer, Jeff[erson], Ohio, to Rev. Sir, 1852.

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Letter : Homer, Jeff[erson], Ohio, to Rev. Sir, 1852.

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1852 letter intended for publication in the addressee's "recorder," proposing the formation of a company, composed of landless young men of the laboring classes, for migration to Oregon in March of 1852 or 1853.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 25 cm.

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